Comments on: Regular Sleep Helps Improve Bipolar

By: Don't let your Bipolar ruin you

Don't let your Bipolar ruin you — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:18:25 +0000

I used to think that with my bipolar that if I wasn’t on medication that it would do me no good to do anything else until I got on medication and didn’t change my sleeping patterns or eating and I still felt as though the medications were not doing any good. I was at a loss I hated feeling the way I did and I had tried a couple different types of meds and still nothing.
Finally a friend of mine suggested that I look at insightpros.com and maybe I could find some different answers well they were right not only did they have different answers but they questioned my eating and sleeping patterns and suggested that I change them to a healthier life style and you know I do not seem to be having as many lows as I used to. There is a lot to do with our downs when we are not getting enough sleep. I now go to bed early turn my head off and rest and I wake up ready for what today has for me not what my disease has for me.

By: Essentials of Sleep - World of Psychology

Essentials of Sleep - World of Psychology — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:19:16 +0000

[...] Here’s a little more info after John wrote about bipolar disorders and sleep patterns with Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT), a treatment developed by Ellen Frank and colleagues combining psychotherapy with lifestyle management. Regulating bedtimes, routines and practicing good sleep hygiene (like no caffeine at night, use your bed only for sleep, exercise in the afternoon) prevent “relapse” into new episodes of mania or depression. Mania and hypomania are both accompanied and triggered by decreased sleep while bipolar depression usually features hypersomnia (sleeping extra long hours). [...]

By: Regular Sleep Helps Improve Bipolar | time management

Regular Sleep Helps Improve Bipolar | time management — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:06:36 +0000

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