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Just seen something similar to this in doing my own sleep improvement study, it talks about bipolar and light. As for me, I got the blue blocker glasses off Amazon.com and put them on when watching TV at night, seems to me to help, I’ll add a couple of more links for anyone else interested;

Mental Health Benefits of Amber Colored Lenses
http://www.zimbio.com/Real+Depression+Help/articles/PakrrJ5cuNW/Mental+Health+Benefits+Amber+Colored+Lenses

Preliminary research has shown that amber colored lenses, which block blue light, can help regulate the mood of those suffering from bipolar disorder, insomnia, sleep deprivation as well as other maladies. Jim Phelps, M.D., from Corvallis, Oregon, is a pioneer in the field and has written extensively on the subject.

In an abstract from his study titled “Dark Therapy for Bipolar Disorder Using Amber Lenses for Blue Light Blockade”, Dr. Phelps writes that “Dark Therapy”, a treatment that uses total darkness to stabilize mood in those with bipolar disorder, is supported in several studies. This is basically the opposite of light therapy for depression.

(me again) I’ve been working on sleeping better, there’s some great tips to help, and let me say I feel great since I started on this, just keep it open in a tab and read as necessary;

How to Sleep Better
http://helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm

How Light Affects Our Sleep
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-light-affects-our-sleep/#axzz2HLgq9Zv8

marksdailyapple.com has some other articles too, just haven’t read them yet, but it also recommends a free computer program to “to cut down on blue light emissions”, basically it turns a light shade of orange at night, here's another link for that;

Better lighting...for your computer
http://stereopsis.com/flux/