Sleep is essential when treating a mental illness–it is as important as the medication you take and the work you do to find or maintain stability. Everyone struggles with sleep issues at some point, but it’s important to keep track of patterns in order to stay well. This video briefly touches on this.
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Video: Sleep Issues and Mental Illness
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Thank you for all the posts on sleep problems. I have been on both ends. I have bipolar and sleep can really take a toll on it. I am very stressed right now because my husband just had surgery to have a cancerous tumor removed. Luckily it didn’t spread. I haven’t been sleeping now for 6 – 7 weeks. It is very hard because I am up between 2-3am. Ugh! My psychiatris did up one of my meds to try to get me to sleep longer than 5 hours but it didn’t work. I’m so stressed, even now that my husband is home, even more so maybe. I am happy that he is home though and getting better.
Michele
Hi, Mef
Thank you for the comment. Sleep is really something we all struggle with. You have a really difficult situation and I cannot imagine how hard it must be. Even little changes affect our sleep. Your sleep issue stems from stress so at least you can pin-point it. My thoughts are with you.
Sincerely,
Natalie