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Hi everyone,
There seem to be a lot of people on here who cycle fairly quickly between episodes of depression and hypomania or mania. Any of you -like me- have long periods of time (sometimes many months) between episodes when you're 'stable?'
(That said, I used to get depressed far more often than I do now, but since starting on Lamictal a few years ago [and therapy has helped] the deep-dark-awful-long-lasting-wanting-to-off-myself kind happens far less often now).
'Stable' for me includes a good deal of anxiety and some other issues, but it's my baseline, it's 'normal' for me, it's not episodic per se. Sometimes I'll have short periods (a couple of days) of 'extra' good mood, talkativeness, etc., which might be considerd hypomania but it's short, mild, and doesn't cause problems, so i don't consider it an 'episode' for me. My manic states start with a boatload of paranoia, so I know when that starts I'm scre ***wed (followed my grandiosity, euphoria, etc. mixed in) -so when I say I have long periods between 'episodes' this is what I'm referring to.
Point is, I can go as long as a year or more without this happening.
Anyone else with (relatively) long periods of stability/between episodes?
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