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Old Jul 19, 2006, 03:20 AM
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I am feeling really good and my mind seems to be working well and fast. Not something I have had in awhile. I recently began taking focalin xr for ADD. I take paxil and klonopin too. My activity level has been very high for me. I have been going places and doing things. I don't think I am hypomanic but in the past when I took antidepressants I became hypomanic and then started bouncing back and forth from hypomania to severe depression. Of course I never wanted to treat the hypomania, I liked it too much. But it also meant terrible depressions followed the hypomania. Eventually I no longer wanted the hypomania. But I don't know if I ever learned to distinguish hypomania from normal good feelings. So NOW I am wondering are these normal good feelings I am having or are they the dreaded hypomania? How do other people distinguish? I need some input fast. Thanks.
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Bipolar disorder with very long depressions and short hypomanic episodes. I initially love the hypomanic episodes until I realize they inevitably led to terrrible depressions. I take paroxetine, lamotrogine and klonopin.