sleep better

Well, my treatment for bipolar disorder has gotten rid of my insomnia. Haven’t had sleep problems in about a year, so I’ll call this goal done. :P

Well, I’ve had my dosage of Seroquel increased to treat my manic depression. And it knocks me out within 30 minutes, so I have been sleeping better. But I think I’ll put this goal on hiatus, as I’d like to be able to sleep well sans medication…

At six o’clock, but I didn’t manage to get out of bed until about twenty minutes later. I think tomorrow I will get up on time though. I really want to start waking up earlier, and hopefully manage to fall asleep earlier too. I’ve been doing a lot of excercise lately, and I’m sure that’s helping, and when I take 200 mg of the medication I start feeling sleepy within half an hour, so that’s working too. Hopefully I’ll be able to get set in a good sleep pattern soon enough.

I was put on Seroquel because of insomnia related to my depression and anxiety. Sometimes I’ll sleep through the night and think it’s working, but mostly it seems that it’s not. I’m now taking 150 mg, I tried 200 mg last night and I think I slept through it (I don’t remember waking up at all anyway). I don’t know how much of this stuff is okay to take though, I was told to increase my dosage if it wasn’t working, but I guess I should consult my doctor before increasing it too much. I’d really love to be able to get a restful night’s sleep. It still takes me an hour plus to actually fall asleep…