I have decided I can function just fine with 6 hours of sleep at least 5 days a week. I can function OK on 2 or 3 hours a sleep a few times a week and normally if I sleep 3 hours one night, I sleep 6 the next (once in a while I sleep 7 hours ). I start drugging myself more when I get so wound up that I am only sleeping 2-3 hours night after night. Many times, not having to sleep so much is a blessing, I enjoy all the time I have alone to myself while others are asleep. I also try to be self reflective about -- am I starting to get irrational to gage if I need to take more medication; otherwise, I keep the xanax, gabapentin as light as possible (somedays I do not take them at all). By not taking them all the time--I find they are more effective/I don't build up as much tolerance. When I know I am manic (making bad decisions), I take both for about two weeks to calm it down then start backing off again. I have never tried Seroquel and Trazodone does not work well for me--it even causes me a lot of problems because it has some antidepressant properties so I think it actually contributed to my waking up in the middle of the night feeling sort of antsy and twitchy (so I would be forced to get up)--I think this was happened as a result of my bupropion dose and the trazodone being too high when taken together.