Thread: Anyone more manic after decent sleep?
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Old Feb 27, 2016, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Roaming_bird View Post
My hypomania gets bad at the start with little or no sleep. Then there comes a point where I'm mentally exhausted, and I sleep 6 hours. The next day I'm hypo and happy again, but if I don't sleep after that point, I don't have the manic energy.

I know this goes against what seems to be the norm, and I'm trying to make sense of it. Does this mean I'm not having an episode? Is my happy energy the 'real me'?
I think lamotrigine could be doing that: allow for pre-mania, but throw you back to stability in a day or two. The manic energy has exhausted you early and, being stable, you are very sleepy. Or antidepressants could make you cycle very rapidly.

Any recent med changes?
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Thanks for this!
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