Insomnia and the Paradox of Feeling Alert Despite Sleep Deprivation

So I feel like that is me but there is a medical condition where you are "sleeping" but you are still conscious mostly because your brain has been in fight or flight mode for most of your life. It's called paradoxical insomnia.

I thought I was alone. My husband thinks it's drugs. I stay up for days. I hate taking chemicals but it's the only thing that makes me sleep. I take 90mg of Adderall and sleep like a baby. .

Definitely

I have that quite often

with my bipolar 1, my mania causes extreme constant insomnia without my meds. i will stay awake for days and do the same exact thing. a nice dead sleep heavy nap for. few hours and then im ready to do anything. its a struggle, especially when you cant ever sleep when your so extremely tired.