Bipolar and sleeping

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I'm out doing a nice long walk I feel really tired today got really tired, pretty tired. And I slept 13 hours last night from like 9:30pm to 10:30am. And it's kind of good because this point in time and my bipolar biorhythm, I'd likely be sleeping like six to eight hours, which is very little compared to 12 to 13, or 10 to 13 hours. And then I get to a point where I can't sleep at all. And I've already had those blips where I couldn't sleep or couldn't fall into sleep. And I was able to take supplements to fall asleep. So I wonder if I'm even over the hump of the crisis, I could be in the post crisis follow up where I'm more tired and a little bit lower mood. And I did not drink coffee yesterday. And that probably has an effect too. I'm going to try and not drink coffee this week, just in case that leads to that sort of anxiety feeling. And I was trying not to take extra uppers like tyrosine or methyl full aid. But it might be a little bit hard to get through the week. If I don't take some at some point. I don't want to feel like really low. But I don't want to feel that anxiety feeling. So that anxiety feeling indicates that I haven't yet hit the crisis. So I really don't know what the best thing to do is. But I do need to remember that. This point in time, right now, this next month or so is really about navigating the crisis. And I'm a little bit distracted by other dynamics. But the thing is, during a crisis, those other dynamics kind of come in and are really distracting.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bipolar_inquiry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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