thank you for replying no dopamine 
My issue in the morning, I think it is the sleep drunk. I literally cannot wake up and have a really hard time keeping my eyes open and head bob. You know, I should probably never do that again. I just didn’t think of how dangerous that is. I used to drive. One time I didn’t notice a bus coming right for me (ie. bus driver error as he/she was about to make a left into me). I noticed last millisecond and had to make a hard right into another street giving the bus enough time to hard break (luckily it was around 6am and no one was there. thank you adrenaline! ugh that totally would have killed me as I didn’t have side airbags, in a compact car, and the bus was ready to T-bone me. 
I hate driving. Driving has already given me a titanium rod in my hip and a history of two car totalling at-fault accidents. and I’m only 27 years old. will probably be my death. Long drives more than 40 miles is actual microsleeps in that it is difficult to keep my eyes open, then I head bob.
I did do some research into narcolepsy inspired by your posts and I definitely do not meet the criteria. I think I have a combination of poor sleep quality (all the time, but worse when I need to wake up early, probably a periodic limb movement.. my mom has this), probably some circadian rhythm abnormality (why I only headbob in early morning drives. i think my mom has something similar), and ADD attention fatigue. I have had zero head-bobbing and driving inattention issues since the meds. wahhhhhhh I want to stay on them! The answer is probably what I already do. sleep meds+ ADD meds. (the bipolar meds are an all year obvious of course!) I just need to figure out a way to deal with ADD med side effects of insomnia. or perhaps, I need a more accessible doctor who can be available during fall and spring season changes when I tend to switch (ie. require more sleep meds..is a regular pattern as I needed seroquel and did take more than max ambien for a week last year). a lot of people with ADHD are misdiagnosed bipolar, but unfortunately I’m pretty sure I have the real deal. I think the switch is related to the upcoming season change, but the ADD meds are aggravating it. I wasn’t having these increasing insomnia issues when I started the meds in June.
I did do some work on my project, but had to take a break after an hour. Huge difference of on meds vs off. attention fatigue. I’m not being lazy, i got into the zone, but after an hour..I’m tired. I think I’m going to take a shower, then start again.
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