Posted by Sisyphus43 on May 30, 2009, at 21:42:15
I'm new to the site. I've been living with bipolar disorder (with periods of severe insomnia) for two decades now. It's been under control for the last 9 years. I've been living with some insomnia my entire life. But for some reason, the last six months I've had severe breakthrough cycles. I have extremely odd reactions to medications. (e.g, the smallest amount of SSRI and I end up in the psych ward). The last thing my pdoc and I did was start me on omega 3. That was three weeks ago. The insomnia has been unbearable. Has anyone else experienced insomnia from omega 3?? I didn't think this was possible because it's natural. So I stopped it exactly 76 hours ago. I'm still having a tremendous time sleeping. I got five hours last night with the help of a lot of Zyprexa (life saving drug for me). I wonder how long this will last. I'm quite scared. I've worked really hard over the last ten years, managed to get a graduate degree and a great job. I'm really falling behind in the job. And Im working on another degree at night and had to take last semester off. My pdoc says I have to get control of the stress (I work in finance and these are tough times). I apologize for rambling. Any thoughts would be great. The people who post on this site are so incredibly knowledgeable and it seems like this is a nice community. I see my pdoc on Tuesday. Hes a great guy.
Heres what I currently take:
Lamictal
Percocet (for severe rls and as a mood stabilizer)
Wellbutrin
Zyprexa as needed
Ativan or Xanax for stress as neededIve tried everything in the book.
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