Posted by med_empowered on December 11, 2005, at 3:07:39
In reply to Re: Is feeling good about yourself hypomania? » med_empowered, posted by Sarah T. on December 11, 2005, at 1:46:25
yeah...luckily for me, "hypomania" (I hesitate to call it that, really--it could just be a bit better-than-well) usually only lasts a couple days for me, and often its a nice break from a period of "blahs" or downright depression. On the downside..sometimes I have hypomanic feelings PLUS increaed anxiety...those days are decidedly unpleasant, but not necessarily terrible.
Thinking it over, I guess you'd want to treat hypomania if it often leads to mania, or if it turns ugly--a low-grade "mixed-episode" or whatever. Also, if you start cycling a lot, I can see how maybe treating the hypomania might stop some possible "kindling," although that's more theory than fact at this point.
Anyway..I think hypomania can often be functional, and is at least (usually) dysfunctional, so I dont think most people who have a need to control it.
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