<font color="#000088"> Hi Suzy -

When you said that you haven't slept but 3-4 hours/nite in months, how in the heck do you function? I know that whenever I'm going through an episode or I'm rapid-cycling, I barely sleep and 3-4 hours is probably the max...

Also, if these meds are not producing 'normal' sleep, why has your P-doc not evaluated the meds? This is just my opinion, but not having a full-nite's sleep cannot be good - especially if it has gone on that long. Whenever I come out of and episode, I literally crash & burn, i.e. sleep for damn near 2 days straight... Then comes the depression from hell.... And then the cycle repeats itself..

I hope, for your sake, that the meds you do have are at least controlling/regulating the bulk of your issues. I wish this was the case for me, that is for sure. I go on and on sometimes about how I don't need to sleep and I don't realize/think about the fact that the mania is doing this to me. Then again, whenever anyone is in such a frenzy, it becomes much more difficult for me to function and everything becomes so scattered.

I do hoep for the best for you and if you need an ear, you know where to find me. Take care,
Niko</font>