Some nights, it doesn't pay to go to bed

One of the nastier side effects of being bipolar is what the doctors refer to as "racing thoughts". In common terms, the mind just doesn't shut down so one can get a good nights sleep. This is why so many people with bipolar affective disorder tend to have odd sleep patterns - they either sleep for very short bursts several times a day, take medication to help them sleep, require some sort of sound in the same room where they sleep (radio, TV, white noise generator, snorer or rhythmic breather) or they sleep just enough to avoid psychosis (if they're lucky).

For the last week or so, I've been rolling snake eyes when it comes to sleeping. The relaxation method I had come to depend on in order for me to be able to grab two or three bursts of sleep a night is no longer available to me - he moved to Missouri in order to try to qualify for the University's spring semester in order to finish his degree. I can't fault him for trying to better himself and I hope he does qualify and is able to complete it sooner than he expects. I just need to figure out a new way of drowning out what rolls through my skull in the wee small hours before I end up a guest of the local mental ward is all.