Well, I guess I'm one of the "lucky" ones in that my mania (really only hypo manic but dxed as bipolar 1 due to delusional thinking--paranoia & such when depressed)so it is a mixed blessing in that I went for about 6 mos. in hypo mania--not sleeping, feeling really great, high self-esteem (very rare for me), incredible energy & drive & creativity. But after all those mos. of not sleeping I suddenly fell into a really bad depression & overdosed on my psych meds.

So now my meds provider says I need to call her if I go 3 nights without sleeping at least 6 hrs. For some reason sleeping is very hard for me...