I hear you!!! I really really hate mania. And when I am manic nothing will knock me out. The strongest tranquilizers will not put me to sleep. It sucks because it could be six days of no sleeping and nothing helps.

Would your husband wake to feed the baby. That might be a really good idea if you can actually get to sleep. I wish I had a suggestion on getting to sleep but I haven't found anything either. Even in the hospital it took many many meds to get me to finally sleep. By that point I was a complete zombie and pretty much had no functioning capabilities left. Not really the best option.

I hope you find a way to get some sleep. Even if it's broken sleep here and there. Still better than nothing. If your anything like me the sleep deprevation is a major contributing factor to how severe the mania will get. If the ambien doesn't work could you ask for something stronger. Are you on any antipsychotics?