I am taking my ap, but I’ve been taken of my mood stabiliser due to side effects, I have an appt with my psychiatrist next week though to discuss whether I need another mood stabiliser.
It is harder to sleep properly in summer with the sun coming up so early and the heat… I know lack of sleep makes be a bit mad.
Hey folks, went for a long walk this morning in the field, not a soul around, so peaceful! Managed to get about 2 hours sleep this morning then pinged awake, my thoughts are racing, I feel quite energetic, this probably is hypomania, just mixed in with a lot of emotion over my aunt. Man, there is some weeeeird stuff going on, everything looks like it has no edges, including me, I guess I’ve gone a bit mad with the lack of a mood stabiliser, but I feel a lot better than I did earlier, pretty good actually, except for the strange visuals also every little thing seems to be taking on meaning like the birds are talking to me and all sorts of little things but that’s ok because I actually feel good and I reckon I can handle if if I 'm a little bit psychotic along with hypomania coz it’s nice stuff although I’m emotional it’s just intense but it’s ok, there’s nothing threatening or bad it’s just all a bit mad! Anyway sorry for ranting I’m on my own and no one to talk to and just blethering on here because it helps to get stuff out of my head as theres so much going on in there but yeah I’m good 
thanks all ps the birds are amazing I can understand their language how cool is that?!
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How long can you go on a lack of sleep before having an episode? For me, it is three days. So if I can’t sleep three nights in a row, I go to the hospital for a sleep aid. That way, I can avoid the episode. You should be proactive about your condition if you can’t fall asleep tonight. Maybe you can even see your nurse today and get a prescription for sleeping pills, just in case. And then you can either take them or not.
I’m sorry about your family member. It always sucks to deal with that.
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I’m sorry to hear about your Auntie. I hope she finds peace. I hope you take good care of yourself now as this is what she would surely want. Are you going to get to see her soon? Take care and I hope you get some sleep soon and I hope the crash isn’t too bad.
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I guess the fact that I haven’t slept all night and am still wide awake is not a good sign even though I feel good I know lack of sleep isn’t good for me, but I rang my community nurse as I am hallucinating like mad it feels so real but it’s like some crazy trip and they have sent an emergency prescription for some temazepam to help me sleep tonight and upped my ap a little too as even though I’m feeling really energetic I’m still very emotional and seeing a lot of mad stuff so hopefully I’ll get a sleep tonight if I take the sleeping pills, it’s been a weird day I sort of feel really good but emotional and a bit mad all at the same time so even though it’s tempting to let the mania build my sane part knows it’s not a good idea to let it get out of control, my cpn was quite firm on the phone about not letting things get out of hand so I will try to follow his advice.
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Thank you Tera, my aunt lives far away but I will try to get down to see her very soon.
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