Has anybody tried this? I love the theory behind it, that bipolar disorder is mainly a problem with circadian rhythm--the daily body clock. Makes sense. My problems got really activated when I stayed up late several nights on the computer desperately researching things I was worried about.

And now I have a really weird sleep pattern (without medication): I sleep well one night, and then not a moment the next night--usually not even sleepy. The next sleepy time is the next afternoon. I start falling asleep even when I'm sitting reading something. I'd love to reset this to the normal fall-asleep-every-night scenario.

So anyway, I read all about it and what you do for this kind of therapy is to do the same things at the same times every day. Most important is when you first get up--and you have to actually really get out of bed at that time; when you eat your meals; when you socialize; and when you do work or similar effortful, productive things, especially the first time of the day.

So I'm trying to stick closely to my schedule, more so than ever before, especially concerning the things in the previous paragraph.

The results so far: I'm tired. It's very hard to keep up with doing all those things at the same time. It's awkward working out how to get people to be with you only at specific times, although this may be carrying it too far--but I want to REALLY do it and see if it works, then relax about some of the events. And I didn't schedule any naps. I've slept some every night, though, which is promising, since the medication I take isn't doing much for sleep. It's only the third day I've been doing this with this much dedication, although I made a schedule before--I just didn't really go for it like this.

If anyone asks, I'll post a link to a long article about this therapy, on one of my once or twice weekly visits to this site. Of course the therapy may be ineffective for me and for a lot of people, and the whole idea may even be a crock although there are research results mentioned, but it's cheap and harmless and I like to be trying something.

I also intend to return to this thread and post the results.