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Hi Sekretk, Thank you for the reply  I have had one other manic episode before but wasn't aware of what it was until recently I was in appointment with my psychiatrist (I made an early appointment because I was afraid I was never going to sleep at that point) while it was happening and he noticed I seemed manic and asked how I was sleeping, I said not in 4 days and still have tons of energy and he asked if it happened before and I said yes, it usually lasts for about 2 weeks, like yours, that's when I found out what it was. I guess insomnia wasn't the best word for this, because when I'm not manic, I really don't have much of an issue getting to sleep. It's just when I am I'm up for days and sleep doesn't even cross my mind because I don't get tired and can't calm down. |
Do you feel like you are brainstorming everything and nothing in the same time? Like you think thousands things in a second, you have great idea after idea and you don't even have time to implement them? Truth to be told I was never diagnosed for manic episodes, but I diagnosed myself. I started to get them later when I didn't even go to therapist. That's why I'm asking.
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I definitely need to work on having a certain sleep regimen. Whenever I have one I always feel a lot better. Nutrition also, I can definitely cut back on coffee and only have it in the mornings from now on. I used to journal, haven't in a long time but I was thinking about starting again. It helps get down my thoughts when they're racing and try to organize them.
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Yeah I think that if you write some of those ideas and feelings you have you won't think about them when you have to sleep. And you will exhaust yourself more just in attempt to write them. I don't always write in the journal too. Just only when I need it.
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I think one of my problems is not sitting s till for a long time, if I can't fall asleep within ten minutes I get right back up and start doing stuff. I never really give myself a chance to fully relax.
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It's really frustrating when you can't fall sleep. What if you exercise when you can't sleep? Like aerobics or something like that. Does this help?
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Thank you for those tips!  I will try to start doing some of those things and hopefully be able to improve my sleep
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No problem
. I hope that it will help you at least a little bit. It's better than nothing.