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I realized what I WANT to do as soon as I wrote the last few sentences...
I wrote:
The bipolar causes the sleeplessness, but the sleeplessness also causes the bipolar. So who wins? Tame one, tame the other? I feel so much better when I sleep, but who knows, maybe I'll sleep better when I control the bipolar?
But the bipolar is already controlled. I'm honestly doing well...I JUST NEED SLEEP... so what do I do?
When I wrote it, I KNEW what I wanted to do, really. I WANT the sleep aid. The sleeplessness - I KNOW - has a lot more effect on the bipolar than the bipolar on the sleeplessness. I know that because when I was stable on the meds before, I was still having to take something extra to sleep...
So new question, please take a second or two to respond if you can!!!
So should I:
.....1. take the antipsychotic and see if it works - and keep taking it if it does,
.....2. take it or my ativan for now then see if he'll switch me when I go see him again in a few weeks,
or
.....3. see him ASAP, tell him how I feel, and ask for a sleep aid now [because that's what I wanted in the first place].
I can't quite decide because even though it's not what I want, it might still work, and trying to get him to side with me or finding another psychiatrist is going to be difficult. I'm in such a pickle.
Thanks!!
I wrote:
The bipolar causes the sleeplessness, but the sleeplessness also causes the bipolar. So who wins? Tame one, tame the other? I feel so much better when I sleep, but who knows, maybe I'll sleep better when I control the bipolar?
But the bipolar is already controlled. I'm honestly doing well...I JUST NEED SLEEP... so what do I do?
When I wrote it, I KNEW what I wanted to do, really. I WANT the sleep aid. The sleeplessness - I KNOW - has a lot more effect on the bipolar than the bipolar on the sleeplessness. I know that because when I was stable on the meds before, I was still having to take something extra to sleep...
So new question, please take a second or two to respond if you can!!!
So should I:
.....1. take the antipsychotic and see if it works - and keep taking it if it does,
.....2. take it or my ativan for now then see if he'll switch me when I go see him again in a few weeks,
or
.....3. see him ASAP, tell him how I feel, and ask for a sleep aid now [because that's what I wanted in the first place].
I can't quite decide because even though it's not what I want, it might still work, and trying to get him to side with me or finding another psychiatrist is going to be difficult. I'm in such a pickle.
Thanks!!