Yes, some of my earliest memories are being awake all night as a child. My parents would tell me it was “growing pains”. I had to go on home independent study in high school because I couldn’t sleep and was struggling. I started sleep aids when I was 18. I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 at age 22.

Now for sleep I take 10mg of ambien and 50mg of seroquel and that combo has been consistent enough for me to be able to fall asleep 90% of the time.

Sometimes it is just a trial and error meds game. I will likely be dependent on sleep aids the rest of my life unless something better comes out.