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Default Jun 16, 2019 at 10:23 AM
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All of these diseases are more prevalent among people with bipolar disorder and sleep disturbances are too.

I notice on my fitbit that I have up to 2 hour variations in how much I sleep every night. (Not good according to this study.)

This is even though I take an olanzapine if I sleep less than 7 hours for 2 nights in a row or if I am still awake at 11:30 pm. My tremor though is worse the day after I take it and I know from past experience Zyprexa tips my blood sugar into pre-diabetes and messes with some other metabolic parameters too. Since i only take it infrequently (a few times a month recently sometimes not at all) . even a small dose will knock me out for the night.

Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Does anyone else here have a lot of variation in how much they sleep from one night to the next?

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Default Jun 16, 2019 at 11:16 AM
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Not really. My Seroquel XR helps me to sleep between 7 to 9 hours per night, usually 7. I do have high cholesterol, though. I wouldn't relate that to my sleep. I would relate it to my being overweight, perhaps a little genetic predisposition, and a bit to my Seroquel XR. Diabetes 2 is common in my family, but it is a genetic thing. Being overweight, or even obese, is also a genetic thing in my family. There's never been any need for medications to cause that in my family. It's very likely that if I never took bipolar medications that I would be the same weight I am now at my current age (late 40s). Of my siblings and parents, I've usually been the thinnest, even though I have had plenty of periods being overweight.

I guess the 7 to 9 hours of sleep range for me, nowadays, depends on when I fall asleep. I always get up at pretty much the exact same times in the morning because of my alarm clock. Factors determining when I fall asleep usually include my interest in TV programs, the time I take my evening medications, and perhaps mood issues, if applicable.

Before taking medications, insomnia or hypersomnia was strictly mood-related for me. If I wasn't hypomanic/manic or depressed, I slept normally. I am not a person who had a chronic issue with insomnia like many others with bipolar disorder. I will admit that prior to proper diagnosis (or accepting proper medications) I did use alcohol to self-medicate. That did affect my sleeping a bit, though eventually in a very negative way.

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My AP contributed to all those things and despite melatonin, ambien and Benadryl my sleep is irregular....I expect to die first though I'm the youngest

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Default Jun 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM
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The reason I'm fat is because of 12 years of the worst insomnia imaginable.

I'm still a f***ed up person when I sleep regularly, but I'm not chronically exhausted and there are breaks in the elevated stress hormones. I'm taking a med now that finally is helping me sleep and as expected, I'm moving more and eating less. Of course the drug has the side effects mentioned in the title of this thread, so....yeah.
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I’ll just raise my hand yes to it all.

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