Hi everyone. I've not slept well since last Friday and last night was positively the least (3 hrs or less) and I still have as much energy as I did when I woke up at 6am on Wednesday morning. So you can do the math as to how many hours in the past 36 I've been awake. I got between 4.5 and 6 from Fri-Wed, then last night just the 3 but I feel like I'm on top of the world and can tackle any project. I played Spore (computer game) from 9:30 to 3:30am last night and nearly beat the final stage. I finally got in bed around 4:45 this morning then was up at 7:45. WTF is going on? I haven't felt this way in 15 months (May '08 was when in 3 weeks I finished my first novel and started writing a new one).

All I can say is compared to the depression this rocks! But I know that I'll eventually pay for it when my sleep reserves are gone. I want to dance, sing, write, have so many ideas. Plus I'm driving for about 5 hours tomorrow and I kind of hope I don't crash until after I'm back. The cat loved that I was petting her every hour until like 3am. She's such an attention w****.

Any advice about what to do for sleep in the absence of a p-doc or nurse? Night before last I took a Benadryl and got 6 or so hrs, but I know I can't use it every night. Cough syrups make me hallucinate so they're out of the question. How about Ambien? Is that just another antihistamine? (My brain is asking things a mile a minute and my fingers are trying to catch up).

everyone!!