[furiousfever]

When I'm hypomanic, which I believe I am now, I get sooooo irritable if/when I sleep. Yesterday I was all bounce bounce bounce. Shopping(can't afford) Gyming until I was so lighted headed I almost passed out. 4 hours of impulsive tattooing I can't afford. Then drinking. This was all after three hours of sleep Tuesday night.
Anyway, after much coaxing last night I slept. I woke up a bunch and never felt fully asleep if that's a thing, but I slept. holy ****, am I irritable today. Is it the sleep? I swear sleep makes it worse?

[BlueInanna]

Well we need sleep. But it sounds like it's become your enemy ... When it's so hard to attain.
Drinking is a trick when hypo/manic, a bad mind trick. Makes me feel a bit better initially and then I think it's good I'm calming down. But then it turns dark. I make bad decisions. I lose inhibitions & forget I shouldn't always tell people what I'm thinking. It's known for releasing sugars and causing people broken sleep.
Good job exercising - that's probably an awesome idea while manic.
Tattoos sound fun, but you might regret it if you can't really afford it, right?
I hate to be the no fun voice of reason, it's the mom in me.
I'm going thru some mania now too. I guess the meds kinda help. I like em but I hate em?

[furiousfever]

I hear that! All of that! The mania feeds itself. I just want more more more of everything when I'm there. The meds keep me functioning but ruin the buzz. I think that's the way sleep feels too. It's like a buzzkill. Alcohol is the devil. I know that for sure and it makes the mania more dangerous and dysphoric.
I want sparkling sun, invincible, running through fields of flowers mania back!

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I used to drink until I blacked out and HAD to sleep. That was when I was self medicating. I'm already having problems sleeping as it is but when I'm hypo I lay there and stare at the ceiling twitting my toes until I fall asleep for a crappy 3 hrs. Bounce up, do it all over again! The tattooing sounds fun! Wish I was right there with ya. I think most of my tats and piercings where out of hypo or mania.



My last hypo piece of work. Covering a huge scar
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