I’m honest to my GP and pdoc… I do not have problems sleeping… Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night but it isn’t bad…I also do not get suicidal… I had a lot of anxiety in the episode… some guys at this bipolar forums says it sounds like mixed episode but I will have to wait till my pdoc says so…
you dont need to have sleep problems in order to be diagnosed as bipolar…
2 Likes
If you have good sleep hygiene that’s half the battle seriously. That’s really a good thing honey.
2 Likes
Yup! When I took the clozaril 300 mg I believe. maybe a little more. But it wasn’t even like the highest dose. Far from it. But I slept 20 hours a day. I told my doctor “it made me sleep 20 hours a day” and he stuck to his guns that it was good for me because he said “sleep heals your brain”
I regularly sleep 12 hours a night now and do great!
Growing up I had chronic insomnia problems. I would never get a full nights rest EVER and always stay up late on the weekends and take naps at odd hours like id fake sick to go to the nurse to take a nap. Main reason I started smoking weed I could finally sleep!!!
2 Likes