Posted by brynb on September 17, 2012, at 17:37:00
In reply to Re: Depression, depression, depression » Beckett, posted by SLS on September 17, 2012, at 17:16:10
> > Dysphoric mania? I may have found my true calling.
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> > Really, though, Scott. I haven't heard of this. Can you say a bit more?
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> The term "dysphoric mania" is sometimes used interchangeably with "mixed state". However, it is probably a better description of what it is like to experience such a state.
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> I find it hard to express in words what I experienced.
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> I had hypomanic energy and reduced need for sleep (3 hours), but no euphoria. I became fixated on certain ideas of reference and making associations between unrelated events. I was always thinking and talking and moving, but I felt like I was never happy with things the way they were. Things were never okay. I was never content. I felt pressured to fix everything. I experienced constant anxiety and even suffered from acid-stomach. It burned me out.
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> This helps:
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> "Conditions referred to a mixed mania or dysphoric mania, are characterized by dysphorically excited moods, irritability, anger, panic attacks pressured speech, agitation, suicidal ideation, severe insomnia, grandiosity and hypersexuality, as well as persecutory delusions and confusion."
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> http://www.dysphoria.info/dysphoric-mania.html
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> - ScottA lot of this sounds familiar to me, too.
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