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Originally Posted by emomom
one of my clues for hypomania my T sees has to do with my speech (faster) and the subject matter, if I am irritated in general but especially with my husband and talking about that a lot and especially if I am talking a lot with my hands. (how many times did I hit the potted plant with my right hand) Those are behavioral clues, but she's seen me for 6 years so she knows what to look for. Otherwise yes it is possible to be baseline for a long time. I fluctuate but usually in small degrees that are caught. If there's a med change I see my T every 2 weeks and pdoc in 4. Otherwise I go every 3 weeks to T. and 2 months to pdoc and I've been ok since June. I"m watching myself right now because Sept/Oct always seems to be a bad time for me.
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Lol to you hitting the potted plant.
The time that I was hypomanic that I mentioned earlier was THE most talkative session (to the point that I was cutting T off
- she handled that well, btw) I have had to date. That week before I had so many rapid thoughts in my head and plans to make a budget and write out vocab words to study, etc. that I decided to "impulsively" spend my last ten bucks to go to the thrift store (dropped everything to go) to buy a large photo frame just so that I could repaint it, convert it to a chalkboard, decorate etc. SOLELY because I needed something to write my thoughts out on to keep up with them - using a pen and paper never even crossed my mind.
I wasn't "diagnosed" at that time. So I think neither one of us really know the early signs, it just comes when it comes.