For me, any little blip in my ability to fall asleep and sleep soundly through the night is my first sign that I may be entering what I deem "hypomania".

Last night I found myself awake two hours after going to bed. (Normally I take my Seroquel right before bed and it kicks in right away and I fall asleep quickly and soundly until the moment my alarm rings.) I need sleep in order to function in school so I took an Ativan to get me to sleep, which helped.

Anyways, I am going to try and avoid this from happening again. Normally I exercise in the evenings, but for me the goal of exercise seems to be avoidance of depression. I started exercising more frequently the last couple of weeks after a mild depressive episode and maybe I overdid it (5 days a week of fairly intense exercise). I like to spin which gets me sweating pretty good. Maybe exercise wakes something up in my brain and gets me back into the up mode.

Ugh. I just want to stay at an even keel. Does anyone out there have any advice?