Trying to Understand said...
I read that mentally interesting people sleep better in the day, and are active at night. This is true of me, BP II. Wanted something for sleep, to take at dinner time. Doc is under the impression that I sleep too much, and won't budge. Would like to sleep at night again rather than during the day. Anybody else nocturnal?
Anybody able to break that cycle?
I've been nocturnal since I was about
13. I remember, in high school, I used to stay up often until 4-5 AM, talking with friends on the computer, get maybe 2 hours sleep, and get up and go to school. Probably not the best idea for someone trying to get an education but I could never seem to help myself. Then later in my teens, I got to a point where I went to bed at 3 AM on the dot almost every night, almost down to the minute. Then in my early 20's, I got myself completely straight with a great job, no booze, drugs, tobacco, or meat even. I always worked the late shift which was until about
11 PM. I would go out briefly, take a walk, and then go home, eat, watch TV, and go right to bed around 1. I was in such great condition, it took me typically less than *2 minutes* to fall asleep once I laid down and often in one minute.
So I'm overly convinced that physical condition is **WAY IMPORTANT** in managing conditions like bipolar, at least for me. I had no problems at all at that time, and in fact, it was the highlight of my life. Once I got myself off my good diet, started drinking, and exercised less, the problems began immediately. I would go into ridiculous (and dangerous) manic states, making VERY impulsive decisions sometimes. Luckily, I am past that for the most part. Of course, I never knew I was bipolar back then so whatever happened, I chalked up to circumstance or just the decisions I made.
Being that knowledge is power, and I'm becoming increasingly aware of what happens with me, it's easier to make good choices and try to look ahead to manage when a manic state might come. But I still am almost futile managing it once it starts. But I am looking to change that now-- I'm going to devote 120% effort into being really serious about
getting my life back together because I felt I was really going places before I fed BP the juice for it to become big and strong, like the Ninja Turtles became when they unwittingly crawled through the toxic waste (lol). Sorry if that's a reference outside your generation.
Anyhow........ This question was about
sleep. But now you have *so* much more to consider, lol.
Post Edited (Archelaus) : 9/22/2010 11:26:32 AM (GMT-6)