I am bipolar type 2 and 33 weeks pregnant with my second baby. I was having anxiety during the pregnancy & now I can't sleep. I sleep 2 - 4 hours a night tops. A "normal" person would lose their mind after several weeks of this... I am trying to hold on but I feel like I'm going to snap (not hurt anyone) and wind up in the psych ward. To tell you the truth I think I would actually be happier there right now so that I didn't have to deal with my responsibilites on no sleep. I have just about given up on it and realize that no, I'm not going to sleep no matter what. I don't think I can go another 6 weeks without taking any benzos, I really don't. I got off the Klonopin when I found out about the pregnancy, went through a thrilling month of withdrawal. If I wasn't pregnant I would NEVER have gotten off it. Now I am having cravings, and I also know that it would help me.As much as I don't want to hurt my baby, I just want to take one because I know that it's the only thing that helps
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Perhaps you should have thought about all this before you started bringing children into the world... all I can say is, god help your kids... I feel as sorry for them as you do for yourself.
I find you dispicable.
I am bipolar as well and have anxiety. Although I have never gotten pregnant, I have ended up in a psychiatric watd 2 times because everything was too much to handle. Looking back, The time I spent in there (1 week the first time and 4 days the second time) was the most relaxing thing. I didn't have to worry about anything, and I didn't have to deal with what was happening at home where all my stress is.
you should be seeing an OB/GYN by now. That doc should be able to help, by knowing what kind of sleeping pill would be safe.
Please talk to him/her, because i couldn't get by on so little sleep.
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