[Missdaisy7]

Hi. I've lost basically 3 days to sleep. Does this happen to anyone else? I just cannot get up and do anything. I have so much to do - I don't want to sleep my life away. Any tips on getting myself up off the couch and accomplishing things? (Oh, ps, I was diagnosed with Bipolar ii a few months ago). Thank you!

[Artchic528]

Hi and welcome to the forums, MssDaisy!!

Often times with Bipolar, regular sleep patterns are disrupted due to the manic and depressive cycles. When one is going through mania, they are full of energy to the bursting for days at a time, or however long the period lasts, and they sleep very little. When the depressive cycle hits, the lack of sleep catches up to you and you wind up sleeping for days at a time, or are just plain unable to emotionally and physically will yourself to get out of bed, so you just wind up sleeping anyways rather than face the world.

I completely understand being dead tired all the time. My sleeping hours are screwed up completely due to a combination of an obsession with drinking lots of caffeinated soda, and my depression and anxiety. Whenever I run out of the soda, I find myself zombielike and unable to focus or function properly, so I wind up taking long naps to catch up on the sleep I lost during the caffeine binge.

I'm sorry you're also going through this. I know it's hard, but taking care to make sure you have healthy sleeping habits and are doing the treatments prescribed by your doctors to help cope with your Bipolar II. If you haven't seen a doctor about treatments for Bipolar, maybe look around and find one. The sooner you get to where you can manage to get those dramatic cycling patterns to better even out, the better you can manage to set a normal sleep cycle.

In the meantime, I would recommend a strong pot of coffee, if you drink coffee that is, or maybe taking a shower to wake yourself up. It might be hard to wake yourself up even to take a shower, but I find nothing is more soothing and wakes me up more than a nice warm shower and some caffeine.

Also consider going for a walk, granted it might be a bit too early in the morning for a walk right now where you live, but just getting up and moving around is one way to get your body awake.

I hope you can find something that works for you.
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[Thunder Bow]

Medications can cause this too. Check with your doctor.

[Finniky]

Originally Posted by Missdaisy7

Hi. I've lost basically 3 days to sleep. Does this happen to anyone else? I just cannot get up and do anything. I have so much to do - I don't want to sleep my life away. Any tips on getting myself up off the couch and accomplishing things? (Oh, ps, I was diagnosed with Bipolar ii a few months ago). Thank you!

Hi, Missdaisy!
How long has this been going on? Just recently or for awhile? Also is it every day or just sometimes in a week/month?
If it's really on and off, it may be related more-so to your BPD. If it's been going on for a long time and occurs pretty much every day, you could have another problem.

Anyway I can relate to this. I told my psych (when I was finally able to return to her again upon getting insurance) that I was sleeping 16-24 hours a day for months.
She ran a comprehensive metabolic panel on my and it turned out I was severely vitamin D deficient, so that was causing fatigue.

For me, she also prescribed me wellbutrin, upon my request, as it can give you energy but isn't as powerful as things like adderral. Since taking wellbutrin and taking Vitamin D supplements I am back to 7-8 hours a day of sleep and have enough energy to exercise!

My best suggestion is to tell your psych that you are experiencing this. If it is chronic, it might even be a health issue, and your psyche should be able to order you metabolic tests and then you go to a testing center to have them done. She can also advise you on different medications that can improve your energy levels, or take you off some that may be ruining or disrupting your energy levels.

[Eve1989]

I constantly sleep. It is horrible feelings even though I enjoy it. I like that it allows me to escape reality.