Comments on: Mania and Sleep Reader Comments http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/mania-and-sleep-reader-comments/ by Julie A. Fast Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shane http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/mania-and-sleep-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Shane Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:01:44 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/mania-and-sleep-reader-comments/#comment-2187 "One day we'll have Nintendo Wii v.6 Home PET scanners. And we can see on the spot how the BP is doing, in 3-D. We will watch our own thoughts in HD. Just ain't now. But my children, if I am so lucky, even with BP, will have the scanners and make it okay in the world." I like the way you think! Indy Bipolar in the Family group mdjunction “One day we’ll have Nintendo Wii v.6 Home PET scanners. And we can see on the spot how the BP is doing, in 3-D. We will watch our own thoughts in HD. Just ain’t now. But my children, if I am so lucky, even with BP, will have the scanners and make it okay in the world.”

I like the way you think!

Indy
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]]> By: Jo Jolley http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/mania-and-sleep-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Jo Jolley Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:43:47 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/mania-and-sleep-reader-comments/#comment-2099 I have had such a hard time getting to sleep that I started getting neurotic about it. I would begin to cry if I didn't start to go to sleep within 15 minutes. I have been the whole gamit. It ta. It takes more than loads of seroquel, trileptal, ambien and trazedone all at one time to get me to sleep sometimes. It takes an act of God, or a great idea that He gave me one night as I lay awake, AGAIN. I keep a bag of gummi bears by my bed. If I can't sleep, I put one gummi in my mouth and try to not bite the gummi. It's very hard to not bite a gummi. Invariably I bite it. So I try another, and I maybe last a little longer. Well, the beauty of the whole "gummi therapy" as I call it, is that it takes my worries off of "will I get to sleep?" on to something totally mindless and often I fall asleep within 3-5 gummis. There is one drawback however, dentists aren't too keen on this plan, and sometimes I wake up with a gummi sharing my pillow. But, I figure those are small prices to pay for the sleep and peace that an innocent gummi can bring. I find then if I truly am really manic to the hilt, it will out do the gummi therapy, but if I am only worried that I am manic, the gummi will lead the way to sleep and put me to rest. I hope this is helpful. Everyone I have ever told about my little invention has told me it works. I think they sure taste better than pills too. I have had such a hard time getting to sleep that I started getting neurotic about it. I would begin to cry if I didn’t start to go to sleep within 15 minutes. I have been the whole gamit. It ta. It takes more than loads of seroquel, trileptal, ambien and trazedone all at one time to get me to sleep sometimes. It takes an act of God, or a great idea that He gave me one night as I lay awake, AGAIN. I keep a bag of gummi bears by my bed. If I can’t sleep, I put one gummi in my mouth and try to not bite the gummi. It’s very hard to not bite a gummi. Invariably I bite it. So I try another, and I maybe last a little longer. Well, the beauty of the whole “gummi therapy” as I call it, is that it takes my worries off of “will I get to sleep?” on to something totally mindless and often I fall asleep within 3-5 gummis. There is one drawback however, dentists aren’t too keen on this plan, and sometimes I wake up with a gummi sharing my pillow. But, I figure those are small prices to pay for the sleep and peace that an innocent gummi can bring.

I find then if I truly am really manic to the hilt, it will out do the gummi therapy, but if I am only worried that I am manic, the gummi will lead the way to sleep and put me to rest.

I hope this is helpful. Everyone I have ever told about my little invention has told me it works. I think they sure taste better than pills too.

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