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To preface, I am taking all my usual meds. Been in hypomania for a good week or so, maybe 2. Most recently, my sleep has completely disappeared. I was up for 40 hours, then my psychiatrist gave me a pill to knock me out for a good 8 hours, but it gave me horrible anxiety afterward, then I've been up for 36 hours since then. I'm worried I'll just keep going indefinitely. I'm not tired, not feeling any fatigue, just restless and energized. How long have you guys stayed awake with no sleep at all? What side effects have happened to you as a result? Is there anything I can do to force sleep? I'm scared.
During manic episodes I’m able to sleep if I add some sleeping pills to my regular night time meds, but it still takes me hours to fall asleep sometimes. I know my last manic episode lasted about two weeks and I was averaging 3-5 hours a night if I was lucky. If I don’t add sleeping pills then less than that. But either way I’m not tired before or after sleeping. Typically during my depressive episodes it’s almost as bad, I’m exhausted before and after sleeping but it takes forever to fall asleep and it’s hard to stay asleep. But I can usually get 5-6 hours.
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