[woundedsoul]

So about a year and a half ago, I started having the worst sleep problems. I mean, I've never really slept well anyway, but my sleep pattern really wentkindon't of haywire. At first, I started waking up at 5:30, then 4:30, and so on, and for the next year 1/2 , I would wake up between 12:30 -2:00 every night. It wasn't until recently when my neurologist put me on elevil that I have been able to sleep. Some nights I still wake up. Most days I'm tired from the meds, but if I don't take them, I will go weeks without sleeping. And that is absolutely no fun. Plus, how strange it is. My husband thinks something is seriously wrong with me. So do I. Who goes weeks with no sleep? But now I want to sleep all the time. Now I don't even want to leave the house. I don't even want to do the grocery shopping. My husband is doing it now. I feel like a terrible wife .

[TheatreKid]

Do you have other symptoms of bipolar disorder? Difficulty sleeping is common with the disorder, and not sleeping is a hallmark of mania for a lot of people, but it's also accompanied by manic symptoms. Instead of being "no fun", while manic a lot of people enjoy the energy and the reduced need for sleep, it's only when they come down or crash that they realize how unhealthy it has been.

I'm sorry you feel like you're not supporting your husband. Maybe you can speak to a doctor about these symptoms and try to figure out what's going on? It sounds like he's very supportive. Don't be too hard on yourself.