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Old Jul 27, 2014, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TheatreKid View Post
technically my diagnosis is bipolar with psychotic features, not schizophrenia... are sleeping meds bad for bipolar mania?

There's something about melatonin that my pdoc doesn't want me to take it for some reason. I have some though, I might try it tonight.
"a family history of even the subtler forms of bipolar disorder or psychosis are more vulnerable than others to the mania- or psychosis-inducing potential of antidepressants, stimulants and sleeping medications. While I'm not making a blanket statement against these medications, I am urging caution in their use. I believe [clinicians] should ask patients and their families whether there is a family history of bipolar disorder or psychosis before prescribing these medications. Most patients and their families don't know the answer when they are first asked, so time should be allowed for the patient to ask family or relatives, between the session when asked by [the clinician] and a follow-up session. This may increase the wait for a medication slightly, but because some patients are vulnerable, this is a necessary step for [the clinician] to take. I believe that psychiatry as a field has not emphasized this point sufficiently. As a result, some patients have been harmed by the very treatments that were supposed to help them; or to the disgrace of psychiatry, harmed and then misdiagnosed"

I believe anyone suffering from a psychotic disorder should use caution with sleeping meds.
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