Information and opinions on health from katysara at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/73883/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/73883/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/73883/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/73883/33210/severe-insomnia Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:31:53 -0400 katysara Hi guys. I have, for my entire life, suffered with severe insomnia. As a baby I slept one hour a night, and whilst a child and teenager I thought it normal to go to bed a 2am, toss and turn, and get up again at 5-6am. (I used to read books by torchlight under my duvet!) Yes I was diagnosable as bipolar from at least 5, and this no doubt plays a roll. When manic I don't sleep at all (but that is fine), and when depressed I struggle to get a... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/73883/33210/severe-insomnia http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/73883/28357/introduction-hope Tue, 20 May 2008 09:54:34 -0400 katysara I wondered for ages whether to put "is living with BP" or "has been through BP" because both are true. I've certainly been through it - in hospitals, suicide attempts, sectioning (committal), so on and so forth. And for the last 6 years I've been prety stable (once I was diagnosed), but I still go up and down, and since I don't beleive BP goes away, I do not feel I can talk about it in the past tense.   Hello. I'm KS and I'm from Oxford... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/73883/28357/introduction-hope