BP II is Bipolar Lite, and cyclothymia is even lighter than that. Cyclothymia is mild mood swings, up and down, but not enough to ever be called either manic or depression. It can be a precursor to BP, but I don't see how you can have both - it would be one or the other.

Ever since I was a teenager I slept 3-4 hours a night. That was my normal, and I had no clue I had BP II. I didn't drink coffee when I was a teenager, but I did drink Coke. It wasn't until about 7 years ago when a pdoc prescribed Trazodone that I got 8 hours of sleep a night.

Since my BP II diagnosis in June, my pdoc has given me a drug cocktail to take - with an anti-psychotic to help me sleep instead of Trazodone. It works. I drink 2 cups of coffee a day max, all before 10:00 am.

When I didn't sleep (about 35 years), I used various methods to get to sleep: playing solitaire on the computer until my eyes were so tired they crossed and my head was heavy, using aromatherapy with lavendar oil, listening to meditation or relaxation cd's, reading dull and boring books in bed, a warm bath before bed, warm milk (with vanilla because I can't stand the taste), whatever I could think of. Some people recommend staying away from the computer and TV. Some people fall asleep with the TV or radio on (not me). I hope you find something that works for you.