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May 22, 2013, 10:15 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
Oh, my goodness, I could've written this post myself. I am TERRIBLE at sleep self-discipline when I'm not working. I get up at a decent hour in the morning but have taken to staying up until 2-3 AM, at least until the past few days since I forced myself to take my nighttime meds at 11 PM which gets me to sleep by 12:30-1 AM.
It's amazing how much of a difference it's made in controlling my moods. I'm getting out of a nasty mixed episode that lasted over 2 weeks, and now I haven't cried or been irritable in almost 72 hours. Go me! Yes, I'm still staying up pretty late, but I get up around 7 and feel adequately rested.
I do best on about 6 hrs. sleep anyway---if I get much more than that, I feel like hammered $#!* the next day.
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Yeah, on weekends I end up sleeping way too much, feel like crap, keep doing it anyway. For the record, I should be in bed now. Watching a "Big Bang Theory" marathon. However, also for the record, at precisely 12:01am I will have access (hospital where I receive care website where you can access test results/reports) to my latest cervical spine MRI, anxious to see if my spinal cord is still straight, given that past history and current symptoms are suggesting otherwise...
I feel so much better when I get a good night's sleep (on Seroquel, minimum 7 hrs), I don't know why I do this to myself... (MRI aside -I could wait until tomorrow  ).
I'm glad you're feeling better!
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