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		<title>Mania and Sleep Reader Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone for such amazing and insightful comments on the Mania and Sleep blog post. The topic is obviously so important. It really is such a chicken and the egg problem. I can be in bed and unable to sleep and I have to go through my list- am I just wound up because [...]


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		<title>Bipolar Disorder and Sleep: Mania vs. Insomnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Manic sleeping problems are different from insomnia in many ways- with insomnia you&#8217;re tired, you want to sleep, you toss and turn, you worry about how tired you will be in the morning, you want medication relief. 
With mania! Whew! you want to stay up, you&#8217;re wide awake and doing something, you have unlimited [...]


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		<title>Bipolar Disorder and Sleep: I want to fall asleep on my own tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a great night when I can get to sleep without sleep meds. I go through long periods when I’m fine and then I have nights where I simply won’t sleep unless I take my Ativan. It’s not that I don’t want to sleep- and it’s not that I’m manic. I just won’t sleep. I [...]


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		<title>Bipolar Disorder and Sleep: Football, friends, brain chatter and Ativan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry guys, I am going to be a broken record for a few days about my travels and how they affect bipolar disorder. I&#8217;m on the East Coast and wow, I have had sleep problems. Last night I stayed up late (midnight) to watch the football playoffs and when I finally got to bed I [...]


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		<title>I slept nine hours!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, nine hours of sleep is so amazing for me I actually woke up and wanted to do a little jig. I&#8217;m what I call an undersleeper. I was actually talking with my friend Kristin yesterday- she&#8217;s the author of Bipolar and Pregnant, and we spent a long time talking about bipolar disorder and sleep. [...]


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		<title>Reader Question: Travel and Bipolar Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a question about travel from Karen:
Julie, was your plan to adjust your sleep schedule a week ahead of time successful?  My BP husband must travel from the West coast to East next month and I have been frantically searching for ways to help him do this without becoming ill.  Thank you in advance [...]


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