So I read that some of you got your sleep back!! I really hope that happens for me too. I’ve been struggling with sleep since July when I went into my depression. I get anywhere from 1-5 hours, average about 3-4. At first I was purely exhausted the next day, now I’ve sorta gotten used to it. In the beginning my psych prescribed syraquil, but it made me feel like crap the next day. I tried it for awhile... then they added doxipine..... then trazadone instead of those two. Trazadone helped me get up to 5 hours on 25mg... but over time I had to keep increasing it till I got up to 200mg. Some nights I only got 1 or 2 hours of sleep and started feeling horrible again the next day... so then she prescribed Lunesta and that only worked for 4 hours one night then 3 the next time. So I decided sleep pills do nothing for me. I tried sleeping without them and instead using essential oils and a YouTube meditation video that someone mentioned on this forum. So far I’m 5 days in and have slept on average 4 hours. I think about 5 hours one night!! So I’m keeping my fingers crossed and praying that I can at least continue to get 4.... maybe one day I’ll be back to 7. Insomnia is not fun.... I’ve read that most people with bipolar only have it during mania... but I’ve had it for both. I didn’t notice when I went through the mania, but now it’s all I think about... i just don’t understand why our brains don’t get tired enough to shut down... I’ve always been able to stay up for a few days and then play catch up at the end of the week... but not now. Do any of you get these strange burning sensation types of pain around your skull? It’s hard to describe. It’s not like a regular headache and I don’t know if it’s considered a tension headache, but I’ve only started getting them since I don’t get sleep so I think it’s related.