Posted by Dinah on July 9, 2004, at 19:54:28
In reply to Agitated depression vs. hypomania, posted by nephron on July 8, 2004, at 7:44:15
I have my own idiosyncratic way of describing them for myself, and I don't know if it would mesh with a medical explanation.
In both, I don't need to sleep much, I'm ummmmm..... well I show signs of physical arousal unaccompanied by mental imagery - that's my telltale sign. I feel like I'm going really really fast, way faster than the world, which feels annoyingly slow.
In the one I feel good, productive, smart, etc. etc. I'm hypersensitive to sounds and smells, but it feels like a good thing, like I'm in tune with the universe.
In the other I feel like ripping my skin off. I'm not at all productive - I can't even sit down to work. I'm so hypersensitive that even the lightest breeze feels like it's burning my skin. I'm likely to get downright hysterical over things that don't usually bother me. I can't sit still, but not in a good way.
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