Bipolar disorder One of the main behavioral symptoms of bipolar disorder is abnormal sleep. Studies have suggested that 23-78% of individuals with bipolar disorders consistently report symptoms of excessive time spent sleeping, or hypersomnia. The pathogenesis of bipolar disorder, including the higher risk of suicidal ideation, could possibly be linked to circadian rhythm variability, and sleep disturbances are a good predictor of mood swings. The most common sleep-related symptom of bipolar disorder is insomnia, in addition to hypersomnia, nightmares, poor sleep quality, OSA, extreme daytime sleepiness, etc. Moreover, animal models have shown that sleep debt can induce episodes of bipolar mania in laboratory mice, but these models are still limited in their potential to explain bipolar disease in humans with all its multifaceted symptoms, including those related to sleep disturbances.
Bipolar disorder One of the main behavioral symptoms of bipolar disorder is abnormal sleep Studies have suggested that 23-78% of individuals with bipolar disorders consistently report symptoms of excessive time spent sleeping or hypersomnia The pathogenesis of bipolar disorder including the higher risk of suicidal ideation could possibly be linked to circadian rhythm variability and sleep disturbances are a good predictor of mood swings The most common sleep-related symptom of bipolar disorder is insomnia in addition to hypersomnia nightmares poor sleep quality OSA extreme daytime sleepiness etc Moreover animal models have shown that sleep debt can induce episodes of bipolar mania in laboratory mice but these models are still limited in their potential to explain bipolar disease in humans with all its multifaceted symptoms including those related to sleep disturbances