Comments on: Mental Illness That Causes Insomnia And Schizo-affective With Bi-polar Tendencies?

By: rob_h_15

rob_h_15 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:29:55 +0000

Most mental illnesses have what is called “comorbid” conditions which means that if you have one condition, sometimes other conditions go with it. I think the bipolar part of this question is the main issue that may cause sleep disturbances when you are in the manic state. The schizo-affective could mean a flat affect which could be the depressed part of the bipolar condtion; or could be another part of the diagnosis altogether. It’s difficult to comment without meeting or talking to the patient.

By: nameless

nameless — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:23:04 +0000

can be treated with antipsychotics (also major tranquilisers) so will help with insomnia, schizo, and the newer ones, such as rispiridone or olanzepeen also act as mood stabalisers

By: Fique

Fique — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:27:54 +0000

Cyclothymic Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of pronounced changes in mood, behavior, thinking, sleep, and energy levels, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by seven (or more) of the following:
has depressive periods: depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities and pastimes alternating with hypomanic periods: elevated, expansive, or irritable mood;
has a decreased need for sleep alternating with hypersomnia;
has shaky self-esteem: naive grandiose overconfidence alternating with lack of self-confidence;
has periods of sharpened and creative thinking alternating with periods of mental confusion and apathy;
displays marked unevenness in the quantity and quality of productivity, often associated with unusual working hours;
engages in uninhibited people-seeking (that may lead to hyper-sexuality) alternating with introverted self-absorption;
becomes excessively involved in pleasurable activities with lack of concern for the high potential of painful consequences alternating with restriction of involvement in pleasurable activities and guilt over past activities;
alternates between over-optimism or exaggeration of past achievement and a pessimistic attitude toward the future, or brooding about past events;
is more talkative than usual, with inappropriate laughing, joking, and punning, and then less talkative, with tearfulness or crying;
frequently shifts line of work, study, interest, or future plans;
engages in occasional financial extravagance;
makes frequent changes in residence or geographical location;
has a tendency toward promiscuity, with repeated conjugal or romantic failure;
may use alcohol or drugs to control moods or to augment excitement

By: mikewest

mikewest — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:34:50 +0000

psychologists and physiologists haven’t found the real cause of Insomnia.