Cycle of Stress-Sleep disturbances-symptoms-more stress

So life is hugely stressful right now. I'm trying to rejoin the work force again this time with dedication. My husband and I are moving 3 hours away. I've had the sole responsibility of coordinating the move, finding an apartment with a pitbull, signing leases, managing finances with a shoe string budget. Packing and down sizing from a 3 bedroom house with a shed, to a one bedroom apartment. Arranging utilities on and off. Moving truck blah blah blah. This whole move is basically moving me into a city with more resources and jobs. On top of everything I'm planning on divorcing my husband because he's a compulsive liar and emotionally manipulative.

A ball of stress, in a box of stress, on a shelf of stress, in the store of stress.

Honestly I'm doing way better than I thought I would. But my sleep is all but absent, I'm not manic or hypo manic. Stress immediately reduces the amount of sleep I am able to get. If my sleep stays compromised long enough I start to cycle, mania first then hypo then down the rabbit hole of depression. When I start to cycle my stress level grows exponentially, my sleep gets worse, then my symptoms get unmanageable.

I've been getting 4 hours or less of sleep a night for just over a month. I practice good sleep Hygiene, I've tried using white noise or music, tried taking melatonin, tried wearing myself out before trying to sleep. The only sleep medication I have is Ambien, and I can take up to 30mg and not be able to fall asleep for hours and still wake up in two hours and not be able to sleep.

I really don't want to start cycling, and I have a feeling packing the truck this weekend and doing the move this weekend is going to break down the feeble supports holding my BP at bay.

Does anyone else have a similar pattern?
Any ideas of what I can do differently?

Thanks for reading my novel, thanks for replies and advice in advance. J

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Giving your thread a bump. Hope all turns out well, as planned.

You have lots on your plate right now. Be sure to take care of yourself.

Keep us updated on how it all goes.

I'm sorry you are going through so much, and I really hope that you get through it without issue. Best of luck!

sleep is hard, it seem most here have an issue with it ... I wish you well, ...

Hey! You have an impressive amount of self awareness and understanding of your cycling patterns. Mine are similar. Moving is a big thing. I find it hard not to add to the stress that I could get knocked off balance to the stress of the event (moving) because it just gets me super worked up in knots. It is hard but I notice that is what happens to me.

How are you doing now?

Thank you for introducing yourself to us here.

Sleep is a major factor in my mood and certainly can be a symptom of where my mood is.

Stress is another factor that can aggrivate mood.

I hope this all works out for you.

You have a lot going on right now. I don't really have any solutions as I don't handle stress well either. It hope you can get moved and get some rest. I wish I had an idea that would help but it sounds like you are very aware of the cycles already.

I'm about to move next week and I'm a ball of stress too. It's not fun.