I’ve been semi-adjusting my medications and have ran into a period where my sleep has been very intermittently poor. But I slept well last night so I’d thought I do a bit of writing. The bipolar medication have side effects, as I’ve mentioned, that are a bit unbearable to me. It’s, in reality, probably not that bad, but I just have this really high standard for how a human being should function in life that I tend to seek out perfection. Thus, medication adherence is just a bit challenging to me.
Sleep is one of the foundational pillars to a “good life”. Without good sleep, is there even a point in living? Sleep, or lack of it, is one of the major contributing factors to human despair. Thus, it’s so critical that we human beings get our 7 to 9 hours each night. Recently, I’ve been relying on sleep medication to put me under, which is not ideal. From melatonin to the stronger Klonopin, a benzodiazepine, which has been helping tremendously, though I still don’t think it’s doing anything for the underlying mania that is the actual cause of the lack of sleep. I have an appointment with my physician today to go over some labs, maybe I’ll bring it up with her.
The Ivory Tower 
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