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Originally Posted by nowheretohide
I'm not saying that you don't experience a different variety of mixed episode that is different/worse/etc. but if OP is experiencing elevated energy as in hypomania/mania along with negativity/sadness/agitation that is a mixed episode from a psychiatric standpoint I think.
A true depressive episode wouldn't come with increased energy level and a true manic/hypomanic episode would not have such pronounced negative emotions. Wouldn't what OP is describing be a textbook mixed episode?
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Well I wasn't commenting on the OP's experience now was I?
I was relating mine, just mine.
Because the OP wrote:
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Originally Posted by r010159
I sometimes can be in an elevated mood but very agitated and quick to argue.
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If I'm elevated it means I'm not depressed, and if I add agitation, it still doesn't make me depressed. Neither of these mean I'm sad or suicial, I'm more ready to rip someone's eyes out at the slightest provocation.
Again MY experience, which is what I thought was being requested.
Also, look up dysphoric mania, because agitated plus elevated mood as per the DSM is textbook dysphoric mania, not a mixed episode.