Mary Alice, have you tried lithium? Maybe that would be one to ask about, since you stopped taking all the other stuff. I hope you can get some good sleep soon.

The last 3 weeks or so I have been not needing to sleep much. 3-5 hours per night has been plenty, and I could stay up most of the night and read and exercise. The jumprope has been a good friend lately. I feel sorry for my husband - he doesn't sleep well either if I don't go to bed.

It's starting to catch up with me though. It's only a little past midnight here and I'm starting to get tired. And I've been having to sleep later in the morning, where I was using that time for thinking. My autobiography was trying to write itself in my head. I want to get all that written down, but haven't gotten that far of course.

Good for you not accepting the blame at work for someone else's mistake! You know, I'm seeing a lot of good changes in you over the time that you have been here. Well, I hope you can be able to sleep soon. I'm not sure what you have tried, but I used to have pretty bad insomnia, and what worked for me was St. John's Wort, and Chamomile tea with Valerian (Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra). I have not needed the Sleepytime tea much since being on the SJW, and it works really well now, but it also worked before being on SJW. Chamomile and Valerian also help to give you a feeling of being calm and relaxed, even after you wake up.

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