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Jun 09, 2013, 11:42 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by middlepath
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions! I will use many of them: schedule regulation, rules, excersize, running things past a trusted friend. (ComicGeek...I will try to avoid licking chalk : )
Christina~no I typically dont, but I can get so hyper I annoy people (i think); like super chatty and too energetic. I also don't totally know the line between hypo and full mania other than psychosis. I DO get psychosis on the depressive side, but I don't think I do on the hypo/manic side. I have never thought that I have special powers or anything like that...but I do get VERY spendy. This is the first hypomanic episode that I have ever had where I have acknowledged my DX, have been sober (though an occasional glass of wine), and have the intent to take my mood swings seriously so that my family and I may have a better, more predictable life. So I guess I feel like I am trying to "meet" myself for the first time and I want to know how to deal with the up-side. My fear about going full blown manic, is that my depressive side recently was off-the-carts bad, and I didn't know if that increased severity would also be reflected on the upside so I want to learn to control things as much as I can.
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I understand your fears, but keep in mind that, statistically, I believe it's approximately 1% of the general population that ever gets full-blown mania (bipolar 1 is actually quite rare).
I know I harp on this, but there seems to be a cultural phenomenon going on of pathologizing 'happy.' I don't think there's anything destructive in being somewhat hyper and/or extra chatty sometimes, much less increased productivity, creativity. I don't see any therapeutic reason to medicate it or avoid it.
If your primary problem is depression, this is what shatters your quality of life, relationships, etc., then this is what needs to be worked on (and medicated if necessary).
I'm sorry that on top of what you already have to deal with, you worry about the up times. Of course you can't be 100% sure (about anything), but also that an up time won't go bad. But if I were you, I'd enjoy it, and try not to worry.
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