[hamster-bamster]

I can. Weird - I take several things just to sleep at night, but napping... easy-breezy

[Manic Macca]

I take several meds for sleep and I often take double or even triple my recommended dose and they simply don't do s**t.
Wish I could do the same as you

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[Yoda]

There was no options for 'it depends'.

It depends on how many hours I slept; I sleep 5 to 16 hours. What time of day I sleep varies too as I usually am up late at night and go to bed between 3am-5am but sometimes I go to bed at 10 or 11pm if I know I have errands to do during the next day.

There was a period in my life where nothing could knock me out. But now, I can sleep and I can nap thanks to melatonin. And I am currently back on slow release melatonin for night time but I'll be off that a few days after I get home.

Originally Posted by Yoda

There was no options for 'it depends'.

It depends on how many hours I slept; I sleep 5 to 16 hours. What time of day I sleep varies too as I usually am up late at night and go to bed between 3am-5am but sometimes I go to bed at 10 or 11pm if I know I have errands to do during the next day.

Agreed, I'm in a similar boat.

[hamster-bamster]

This is what happened to me that prompted the question. I was running errands with a chipped toenail and saw an ad for a $15 pedicure, which was 10 bucks less than at the strip mall next to my apartment. It was midday. I went in. The lady who did the pedicure was wonderful - I will be back. Maybe the motions of her hands were so soothing, but I fell asleep. They didn't wake me up. I napped for an hour.

At night, I take mildly sedative Lithium, sedative Elavil, sedative pot chocolate, and, when hypomanic, Zyprexa prn. So sometimes I need four medications just to sleep. Oh, and 12 mg melatonin makes it 5.

This leads me to think that my body refuses to sleep when it knows I expect to fall asleep, but with napping (I had similar incidents earlier), there is no pressure to perform.

I wonder if there is a way to trick the body, because depending on up to 5 medications for sleep is not something I enjoy.

[ManicIcarus]

Originally Posted by hamster-bamster

This is what happened to me that prompted the question. I was running errands with a chipped toenail and saw an ad for a $15 pedicure, which was 10 bucks less than at the strip mall next to my apartment. It was midday. I went in. The lady who did the pedicure was wonderful - I will be back. Maybe the motions of her hands were so soothing, but I fell asleep. They didn't wake me up. I napped for an hour.

At night, I take mildly sedative Lithium, sedative Elavil, sedative pot chocolate, and, when hypomanic, Zyprexa prn. So sometimes I need four medications just to sleep. Oh, and 12 mg melatonin makes it 5.

This leads me to think that my body refuses to sleep when it knows I expect to fall asleep, but with napping (I had similar incidents earlier), there is no pressure to perform.

I wonder if there is a way to trick the body, because depending on up to 5 medications for sleep is not something I enjoy.

You definitely have something there. It is much easier to fall asleep when you're not trying or when you don't "have to". It explains why I will feel dog tired right up until my head hits the pillow some nights.

[TheatreKid]

As long as I'm not manic, I can nap without meds. I try not to though, because if I nap during the day, it's harder to sleep at night. Even with the seroquel at night, it's hard to sleep.

[swheaton]

I wish my work schedule matched my sleep cycle on a typical night lol

[jesusplay]

I don't get tired. I need meds.

[TheOriginalMe]

Team meetings - they are so much better than meds. Perhaps I should suggest we video conference at 11pm and then I'd get the best night's sleep ever.
I do tend to nap in the day, but even by my standards I've been really struggling to stay awake at work, its got so bad I've been signed off. My night time sleeping is improving slowly now but the change to British Summer Time yesterday has really screwed me up again.

[hamster-bamster]

11pm videoconferencing to replace Seroquel - now that is a great idea.