Tired But Wired: How to Overcome Sleep Problems: the Essential Sleep Toolkit: How to Overcome Your Sleep Problems - The Essential Sleep Toolkit

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As such, hyperstimulation chronically stresses the body. Chronic stress can cause a “tired but wired” feeling where the body is drained of energy but overly stimulated at the same time. Use Relaxation and Distraction. If you find it difficult to fall asleep, consider listening to quiet music or distracting yourself in some other way. If you are still unable to sleep, get up and engage yourself with quiet activities such as reading or listening to soft music or relaxation tapes until you are sleepy. And also, we must consider context. If a kid is giddy and silly when they’re around their friends, that makes sense. But a bipolar kid will be laughing hysterically in church, or at a more serious gathering, or in the middle of class. Passively accepting your symptoms in the short-term — allowing them to persist without reacting to, resisting, worrying about, or fighting them — while faithfully practicing your recovery strategies will bring about their cessation in time. Acceptance, practice, and patience are key to recovery.

Mania tends to last at least a week and may be preceded by a buildup period that we call the “prodrome.” Some people, however, don’t get all the way out to mania. Instead, they get to a condition we call hypomania, which generally doesn’t last as long (we require a four-day minimum). Hypomania involves the same symptoms as mania, but there’s no apparent deterioration in functioning, whereas in mania, the person really does deteriorate. They lose their job, or they get arrested or break off relationships left and right. With hypomania, people around the person may notice the symptoms, and says things like, “Gee, you’re wired today.” The person with hypomania may or may not recognize it, but it doesn’t necessarily change their day-to-day functioning.

Visit our “ Hyperstimulation” article for more information about the many ways hyperstimulation can affect how we feel, including Nervous System Excitation and Dysregulation, Homeostatic Dysregulation, and Hormone Changes.

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