When an 11 year relationship of mine broke up, I couldn't eat or sleep for 5 days. (I had no Temazapam at the time). I began to have auditory and visusal hallucinations and had to be hospitalized for 2 days. I was immediately put on Xiprexa to terminate the delusions and of course lithium and adavan. They said it was a combination of my BP, my shock of how the relationship ended, but most of all it was my insomnia. 3 days of lack of sleep can cause delusions even in a person who does not have BP. Other times when I've had 2 days of no sleep, I also begin to start hallucinating. When I sleep great, I never have them; and I don't have the television type when I did ;however, my mom did.
I realize delusions can be part of this disorder, but it seems to me it's when I lack sleep they arrive. Woods, how much sleep are you averaging a night and like Dark Eyes said do you have a dx of BP? Maureen