hi all-
Neat thread ... I too suffer from sleeping too much. For me it is similar to a post in this thread. I can't seem to get to sleep at night. My mind gets really wound up, processing the day, current worries and anxieties. I almost never feel tired before midnight. So I end up feeling unrefreshed in the morning. I want to sleep in; 10am, noon, then its 2pm, then 4 or 5pm. Its been so bad I've actually started to miss the sunshine. I remember having sleep issues my whole life, even as a kid. I'm bipolar II with a possible soon dx for bpd also. Well that's the sundae so far, I don't know if someones going to call for whipped cream too. My current med I don't think is helping, I'm on depakote as a mood stabilizer. I hadn't been keeping a med journal and forgot I had taken depakote before so I agreed to try it (again) with my current pdoc. Problem is I remember before when I took the depakote, even a small starter dose really made me goofy, mellow, slow thinking, even a bit woozy for balance. Higher doses and I just couldn't function. Couldn't drive a car, couldn't stay awake in the afternoon. I felt I was patient, I tried to "ride out" the meds to see if I would stabilize, I just felt worse. I've always been hard to medicate. It's like I break down or metabolize medicine differently. When I was young I had my tonsils removed, woke up in the middle of the operation. Same thing happened during a different operation I had. My parents said they gave me enough sedative to put down two adults when my tonsils were removed, don't know how accurate that is. I have to admit when I get up, take a shower, get going with a routine I feel better. If I get up early then I'm more tired at night and then the cycle starts again. I stay awake longer and longer until I won't or can't get up again. Frustrating...