omg I used to totally describe/think of myself that way - high energy, outgoing person who occasionally just burned out and had to crash with a depression for a while! now i know better.
I've been sleeping amazingly since starting the seroquel and the instaneous exhaustion I had the first night hasn't been as bad the 2nd and 3rd nights, seems I got a little bit longer each night before my eyes were closing on their own. we'll see what tonight brings. last night was the first night I have only gotten 8 hours of sleep as opposed to 9 or 10 since I started taking it Friday and I felt very dizzy this morning and throughout the day, not sure if the two are related. it definitely feels like it is helping though, I actually had some happy thoughts of what a gorgeous day it was yesterday which was interesting, I realized I haven't really enjoyed anything for quite a while :/
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Originally Posted by chimera17
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!!
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