Posted by Lamdage on July 1, 2011, at 10:02:59
In reply to Re: decent sleep=mania protection?, posted by mellow on June 30, 2011, at 21:27:55
> You are very right
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> My paranoia and euphoria are generally accelerated with lack of sleep. I am typically a sleepy head. 10 hours isn't odd for me. As an episode sets in my time in bed will decline over 6 weeks or so untill I'm basically taking four hour naps in between the frenzy of activity and goal directed stuff.
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> By the time it turns on me and I go into a mixed kind of dysphoric hypomania I might not sleep for a couple of days. AP's are the only thing that seems to take the wind out of my sails and stabilize me. I take resiridone as maintenance to keep some balance however I have always wonders if we are missing the mark with my stabilizers if I still need an AP. I kind of think Big pharma has curved the use of atypicals for maintenance. It use to be straight lithium or valporate. Or maybe the widespread use of antidepressants has cause our conditions to kind of morph.
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> Thoughts?Dude that does sound uncomfortable.
Refractory atypical double depression, severe
Social anxiety disorder, moderate
(C)Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, severe
ADD, inattentive, mild
Nardil 45mg
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