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Old Jan 12, 2016, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Hashi/bipolar mom View Post
I have to have sleep. I wrote about my 4 days of non-sleep last week and it was making everything worse! I now know it can be a trigger for a manic episode but mine was self induced by the pdoc since she wanted me off all the Benadryl. I had to go back to it this weekend. It was worse for me not to sleep than to take it. If it's not something you have personally changed, then definitely keep an eye on it.
I remember that post of yours. I read it and it came to mind recently when I realized I just wasn't sleeping. I fear that this will continue on for days if not longer. Only change that happened was my lithium being increased to 900mg from 300mg, since a week ago.
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