In my experience with mental health adventures, sleep is absolutely essential.<p>It&#x27;s difficult to explain, but when my sleep patterns become sporadic or light, my behavior and thought processes become... erratic. The way I internally describe it is as &quot;heady&quot;, where my mental state has an almost physical feel that almost matches the feeling of blood rushing to an arm or a leg after standing up. During this time, I can get extended periods of hypomania and isolation.  The only fix I&#x27;ve found is to simply get an amount of sleep that makes sense, which makes me think that there&#x27;s an enormous correlation between mental health and sleep.<p>Edit: For what it&#x27;s worth, it&#x27;s also the same feeling I get when I don&#x27;t take lithium.