1 and half years ago I got diagnosed with bipolar. I was on seroquel for a year, until I went off it due to some side effects I had. No symptoms have been present since last spring, when I was a bit hypomanic while reducing the dosage.

One of the benefits of the medication was that it helped me to have a normal sleeping pattern (I have struggled with that since my childhood).

At first it didn't bother me much that I couldn't sleep, it wasn't that bad. But now it has escalated and it is affecting my ability to study and some of my courses are in danger to end because of this. I'm seeing my doctor this week and I hope I'll get some help, but I'd like to know if anyone else has bad insomnia outside of the episodes.

Usually sleeplessness like this is a sign of hypo/mania for me, but now I have no other symptoms. My mood is almost normal, I don't have increased energy. When I'm depressed I tend to have hypersomnia so I don't think I'm depressed either. My mood isn't too bad for me to be depressed and I'm not suicidal.

Well I have lost nearly all of my interest in having a social life, I cannot function as well as I used to, keeping my house clean and things like that, well it takes a long time before I get anything done. I've been able to force myself to do almost all of the school stuff that is mandatory, but now I'm getting desperate.

Every week there is at least one time when I can't sleep for several days. For example during this week the last time I got any sleep was during the weekend, and then today I managed to sleep for 4-5 hours and it stopped me from going to a lecture.

I can't identify any other reason for my insomnia than stopping the meds. But I stopped them months ago so I don't know. Is it normal for people with bipolar disorder to have this messed up sleep even when not having a mood episode? Or is this a sign that something else is going on as well....

Usually when I have sleep deprivation it triggers hypomania, but I've managed to get a few hours of sleep here an there so that I haven't developed hypomania yet. Today morning was the first time in months when I felt like I might be getting hypomanic, but that feeling may have gone away now that I got some sleep.

I've had mild boosts of creativity lately but my house is a mess so the normal signs of my hypomanias: having a lots of energy and cleaning all night long and feeling on top of the world are lacking.