[princess-slaanesh]

Hi everyone! So in the fall of 2012 I was diagnosed with BPD1 after being hospitalized during a manic episode that lasted about two weeks. Before that I had been suffering from depression for about eight years. Afterwards I immediately became depressed again but experienced another week long manic episode in the spring of 2013. Then in May of 2013 I had a mixed episode. Since then I've been in a depressive episode.

However, about two months ago, my sleeping pattern grew even more bizarre than it already was, (normally I rotate between hypersomnia and insomnia); I couldn't sleep at night because I NEEDED stimulation. Like I'll get out of bed at 3am sometimes to do practice problems from my calculus textbook just to try and keep myself stimulated. And if I have to drive anywhere I, according to friends and family, drive like I do when I was in my manic episodes before. I don't even feel tired at night. But then the next day I fall right back into depression. This is been happening every single night.

My therapist suspects that I might be experiencing manic episodes at night. Normally my manic episodes last 1-2 weeks with a good amount of time in between them and I've never heard of anybody having nightly manic episodes. I mean this has been just about EVERY night since maybe December 2013.

Any comments on this? Does anyone think I really am having manic episodes at night? Has anyone experienced this?