Thanks for the update on your visit to your doc - I love your signature by the way - I used to have this as mine a while back:



Because it's so true! I fail forward daily.

I can identify with some symptoms there that you have described that would class me as hypomanic.

I think that some of the other ones that she is possibly waiting for, well I don't know, personally they seem extreme - "dangerously happy" ... "staying up for days at a time" ... that would describe my manic episode, not my hypomanic episode - I can be "cheerful" when hypomanic and get less sleep when hypomanic but not stay up for days on end. That would only come much later during an elevated mood for me.

Well I guess with the med change your doc knows what they are doing, so try not to be too anxious or anything like that about these changes. Your doc is a qualified professional who will pick up when you start to show symptoms of hypomania, if, indeed you show any at all from this changeover.

Depression is not fun, and I'm sorry to hear that that is your current mood state. I tend to find that my anxiety levels are at their worst when I'm depressed - just everything seems confusing and hopeless.

At least your doctor has given you some clear cut symptoms to look out for, which you within yourself will recognise and be able to call your doctor immediately as advised (hyperactive, angry, suicidal etc)

It's good that you're using your husband as a sounding board and have him looking out for your symptoms too. I like to get input from a neutral third part too on how I'm travelling and your husband probably knows you best when it comes to symptoms that he could be looking out for.

I agree - continue to take the meds; even if you feel better; don't stop; because it's likely the meds that are causing you to feel a bit more stable at the moment.

Keep moving forward.