People with insomnia count sheep. People with mania draw sheep and make a collage!
Manic sleeping problems are different from insomnia in many ways- with insomnia you’re tired, you want to sleep, you toss and turn, you worry about how worn out you will be in the morning and you often want medication relief.
I need a Tylenol PM!
With euphoric mania- Whew! You want to stay up, you’re wide awake and doing something creative. You have unlimited energy, a racing mind, and rapid body movements. You have no desire to get in bed and sleeping feels like a total waste of time. When the euphoria gets too high, it takes a lot of psychiatric medication to get to sleep (and you definitely don’t want to take them and wreck your buzz!) and there is a chance you will be wide awake and even more manic the next [ Read More ]


