I feel like I'm going to be ill, like I might end up in the hospital again. I've been there many times before. I usually start having major anxiety, and huge sleep problems. I haven't slept well in months.

I understand that is part of bipolar, but whenever many things are going wrong, I stress out so much that I can't sleep. But this is getting extreme. I haven't lost touch with reality, but I also haven't had nightmares in years and now every night I wake up sweaty and with dread, sometimes only an image remains of what I was dreaming about.

I have had what they told me was psychosis in the past, but I don't believe it was. I remember exactly what I was thinking. It was always at times of huge stress, like after giving birth. I really want to stay well this time. I can barely eat, and I'm diabetic, type 2, so I know it doesn't seem as serious, but I take medication and can't get it under control.

Seroquel is what makes me hungry. If I take it in the morning though, I get drowsy, and then I'm grumpy because I still can't sleep. It may have even been the thing to trigger my diabetes.

Is there anyone on here that takes this med in small doses, but has noticed that it makes your heart beat very fast? It scares me now, I have had it for, I don't know, 7? years, and I realized this drug is not good for me, my heart does this "jumpstarting" feeling all the time, but I feel like I'm "stuck" with this med, because it is the only thing that gets me to sleep anymore. Any other med suggestions that are like seroquel, but won't interfere with blood sugar? thanks, any suggestions would be helpful.