Posted by Larry Hoover on May 10, 2005, at 15:56:55
In reply to No such thing as Normal ?, posted by D minor on May 10, 2005, at 14:01:53
> Hey,
> my mom just told me there is nothing inbetween depression and hypomania. She says I am too demanding. That there is nothing wrong with being hypomanic. I guess I complain too much when I say I don't like being hypomanic. But I thought that it was possible to be somewhere inbetween the two.
>
> What have been other bipolar experiences?
> dmThere may well be nothing wrong with hypomania, if it's not the dysphoric type or a mixed state.
In any case, there are two distinctly defined mood states between depression and hypomania.
The sequence, from down to up, goes: depression, dysthymia, euthymia, hypomania, mania.
Euthymia is what you are calling "Normal".
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:496044
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050510/msgs/496097.html