That's very risky. Benadryl is a better sleep aid that liquor, but even Benadryl will start to build a tolerance after 3 days, plus Benadryl wont give you withdrawal like liquor can. I've always said this... Liquor is a slippery slope.

So Benadryl can be the short term solution while you get an appointment with your Pdoc, and try a more long term solution. My doctor said my sleep issues is because I have hypomania running in the background of my consciousness, which won't let my mind shut off.

She made me double my Geodon and go on 200mgs of Seroquel.
You can also try a mood stabilizer like lamictal. Lamictal is suppose to be weight neutral... it takes forever to get up to 200mgs though because everyone needs to titrate up 25mgs ever few weeks until 200mgs or 300mgs stable dosage.