Let`s talk about Bipolar

@JungleGiants Hey JungleGiants sounds as if we all have trouble one way or another. Nice to meet you anyway. Love peax

Hi @Shaz51 @Bunniekins @Olga @JungleGiants

It's hard to disentangle sleep problems because there's so many variables.

Idk if there's any studies done on Bipolar and sleep but anecdotally, I think Bipolar is a big factor in my disturbed sleep. I do better when I'm on more medication - but that's such a double edged sword.

Agree @Olga I'm taking a similar approach ... trying to manage on less meds, but taking enough as it is. We face a lot of dilemmas I think, and the world at large doesn't see or get it most of the time.

Hi @Shaz51 @Bunniekins @frog @Olga @JungleGiants

Thanks for the tag Shaz. I also have had dysfunctional sleep for years. I'm usually up at least 5 and sometimes as many as 8 times through the night. I've tried everything I've heard of about sleep improvement, including sleep hygeine practices, and a few meds I take are all supposed to help, but nothing seems to do the trick for me. So I can't give advice really. Bipolar 1 and complex PTSD plus anxiety issues add up to a recipe for broken sleep it seems.

Hi @eth, @frog

I also suffer a lot from dysfunctional sleep. I have found the below to be very helpful in providing the science of why this occurs and what can be done to help. He is a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine but is very accessible.

I hope this in some small way helps,

M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1TxQj9IsQ

Thanks for the podcast @Former-Member it's helpful. Well @Shaz51 @eth @frog @Olga dysfunctional sleep is probably my biggest problem atm. My sleep cycle is delayed several hours and despite efforts I haven't been able to shift it. But I don't have the problem of broken sleep. I sleep heavily til I've had my quota, which is my depression pattern. Before my current medication, not sleeping for a couple of nights was problematic and linked to a high or mixed state. I wish I had something to look forward to, to get up for, to break the cycle.

hello @JungleGiants , @Olga , @frog , @eth , @Dimity , @Mazarita , @rivergal , @HenryX

how is everyone tonight , @Snowbird , @Bunniekins , @roses , @Former-Member , @Jag57 , @BillyGoat , @HH2O77 , @Bushman , @Former-Member

hope you are all ok

Hello @Shaz51 I enjoyed a walk today - so many beautiful roses and other flowers atm. How are you? Did you have a good weekend?