Oh I know how much this sucks!!!!!

I'm really sorry you're dealing with it too. Almost every single manic episode I have turns into a mixed episode. And they come often. I am in this quite a few times every year. It is horrible. Yeah to me it's worse than any depression I've had. When I think of mania now I feel terrified, not excited because I know it will come to this.

So mixed episodes are hard to treat with meds. When I am mixed my pdocs have a really awful time trying to get the meds right. My last episode I went through five different antipsychotics, and three mood stabilizers trying to get it under control. That might be a bit extreme but thats my experience with mixed moods. I usually am fighting my hardest to stay out of the hospital in those times.

How are you doing now RB?