Hi Thinker,

Alcohol usually wakes me up after an hour or so (unless I've totally overindulged). Why are you trying to not take some of your meds? I'm just curious. Everyone's choices are their own....I was really resistant and wouldn't take/would quit just about everything until one of my Doctors in a two-week program convinced me of this:

If every organ in the body has something that can go wrong with it (from eyeglasses to downright organ failure), why wouldn't the brain? The most complex and delicate organ. I don't let my emotional side creep up when I want to reduce meds....because I'll just end up miserable (I dunno, I've just done it too many times and really hate that feeling).

I would talk to your doc (because I don't know your reasons for wanting to avoid sleepiong meds), but I would think preventing a manic episode would be important enough to take something to sleep that works. Just my opinion =)

I hope you sleep well tonight! =)