Posted by SLS on September 29, 2006, at 14:53:28
In reply to Re: discontonuimg Emsam » jealibeanz, posted by Donna Louise on September 29, 2006, at 13:14:52
> Insomnia is a major hallmark of bipolar
This is true in the manic phase of the illness or during a mixed-state - and then not always.
> and I just don't have that, never had. I slept like a rock as a baby.
Me too, in my depressed state. Mania is another story. The few times I had it, I could exist on 3-4 hour of sleep without really missing it.
Phillipa is right about insomnia being a component of some forms of unipolar depression. In fact, it was part of the original diagnosis.
In other words, you can sleep or oversleep and still be bipolar.
- Scott
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