Posted by MARTY on April 5, 2006, at 14:20:00
In reply to Do you think I'm hypomanic?, posted by CareBear04 on April 5, 2006, at 12:47:10
Hi CareBear04,If what you want is a clear and simple opinion; Yes, if you don't tint the facts you describe in your post, I think you have become hypomanic.
I agree with med_empowered that it does seem catastrophic since you are 'present' enough to see you act hypomanic and I think you talk like someone 'lucid enough' to be able to control yourself.
That said, if I was you I would get back to my mood stabilisator meds, abilify and co. Hypomania feels good especially after depression but is part of the dynamic of why you do depression and so must be disabled with stabilisators in order to supress you depression.
Attack your hypomania right now it's attacking your next depression and so attacking your next hypomania and so attacking your next depression .. and so .. etc you got the point by now :P
Hope you feel not TOO good ;) lol
Marty> hey everyone,
> I could defnitely use your input. i am diagnosed as bipolar. i had been in a deep depression for months with two hospitalizations. since upping my prozac to 60mg, i started to feel better. last week, i was definitely better than before, but still a little depressed and not back to baseline. this weekend, i went out of town. my flight on saturday morning was early, so i only slept about three hours. that same day, i stopped taking abilify and keppra, my mood stabilizers. since then, my sleep has been erratic, and my personality has changed enormously. i toured all day, went to a dinner, went out dancing and to bars with my sister, came back late, then couldnt' sleep. i got maybe two hours. i've been napping more than sleeping, and i'm up late and early. whereas i isolated when i was depressed, i've been super social this past week, talking to everyone about everything. when i've been hypomanic in the past, i've felt magnetic, like people were drawn to me, and it seems to be happening again. men are definitely paying more attention, maybe because i think i'm dressing a little skankier. i'm much more confident, talking more, talking faster, and i feel high and exhausted at the same time. i'm really jittery, can barely sit still, and i'm barely eating. my thoughts are going too fast, and i can't shut them up to sleep. but even without much sleep, i don't feel very tired. the main difference from my other episodes is that even though i'm more confident than when i was depressed, i'm still very aware of my limits and don't really have feelings of grandiosity.
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> what do you think is going on? and did my lack of sleep cause this behavior, or is the lack of sleep a symptom? i stopped taking keppra and abilify because i didn't feel like they were doing anything. do you think that's why i'm like this right now? i see my therapist tomorrow and my psychiatrist on friday. what do you think i should do? no matter what, i'm enjoying myself at the moment and taking advantage of feeling good again. the question is just whether i'm feeling more than good and where this is going to all lead.
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> please give me feedback!
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> thanks,
> CB
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