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Originally Posted by all74
Honestly what helps me the most is my CPAP. I read an article that said there is a correlation between Bipolar and sleep apnea. Do you stay asleep once you fall asleep? If not, maybe a sleep study would be helpful.
To fall asleep I use clonazepam. The only bummer is that I find that it has a window: if I take it but then wait an hour or two before I get in bed it's worn off. I have to take it right when I get in bed.
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Getting to sleep is more of a problem than staying asleep. However, maybe a sleep study would reveal something. I do know that my anxiety is off the charts and that really affects my ability to get to sleep. Clonazepam sometimes helps (combined with Seroquel and Gabapentin), but even that takes too long lately. My thoughts race when I transition between trying to sleep to a deeper sleep. With anxiety and mania, it's extremely difficult to sleep when at its worse.