THANK YOU both soooo much. I am in a similar situation - although not yet diagnosed, what I'm going through sounds very similar and it is amazing to know that there are other people out there who have experienced it too.

I can definitely tell that I have always had manic periods (just recently an old highschool friend asked me when I 'mellowed' out - I had actually thought I was pretty mellow in highschool and was hyper now!) I still don't know if I'm actually bipolar or if I'm just a high energy person who suffers periods of depression, but after my 4th little one, I've never been able to get to anything resembling normal inside.

I hope you get your sleeping situation straightened out - I can't imagine feeling groggy and trying to work and take care of kids!!