I haven't really ever slept like a normal person. My mom even told me as a baby, I had some problems. When I was about 4, I had a sleep disorder where I would have something similar to night terrors. I would wake up scared and have visual hallucinations, and I would later remember the hallucinations, rather than forget them the way some children with night terrors would.

That luckily passed (other then periods of psychosis during severe episodes, mainly auditory) but insomnia was always a big issue my entire life....or having states of such high energy, I want to stay up and do a million projects that I find are enjoyable when hypomanic. Mania is especially bad with the lack of sleep, but I am pretty much dependent on multiple meds for sleep whether manic or not.