Posted by brynb on September 18, 2012, at 18:35:49
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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> - ScottScott-
I had a big "ah-ha" moment today. Tramadol makes me speedy. As in, very talkative, shaking my legs, nervous energy speedy. At first, it lifted my mood (mind you, I was in a BAD depressive episode at the time). It still lifts me, but makes me speedy. I used to take 100 mg, but felt better at 50 mg. Now 50 mg is becoming too much.
I had the exact same thing with Neurontin (though the entire time, Neurontin made me feel high). Lifted mood, speediness, and finally, at the end of taking it, I ended up having full-blown mania.
Other than Lexapro, I can't tolerate most ADs. Perhaps because it's so clean in its serotonin action?
I never equated speediness with high energy. I guess I associated high energy with being euphoric and feeling good. What I'm experiencing is high energy, just not euphoria or light, happy energy. I very often lack insight in the thick of things.
Not sure what to make of all this, but I've made a note to discuss with my pdoc.
-b
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