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How many people with bipolar / manic-depression are staying up all night?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Bipolar: Untreated or inadequately treated, insomnia is common in manic or depressed phases.

Answered 10/3/2016

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Dr. Jeffrey Satinover answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Very common: As colleagues have noted, insomnia occurs commonly in acute manic and depressive phases. Perhaps the phrase "staying up all night" suggests the manic phase, when the sleeplessness is not experienced as distressing, but exhilarating.

Answered 10/23/2017

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Manic: When someone with unmedicated, severe bipolar I disorder is manic, literally they can be awake for days, especially if drugs or alcohol are used to extend and accentuate the mania. This is followed by a crash, with sleep lasting also for many hours.

Answered 3/2/2015

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