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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
That is perfectly written Don't speak. I hope joy is acceptable and I'm just feeling grateful and joyous right now. Actually right now I'm in a lot of physical pain. My fibro is flairing bad. My joints are aching badly. I'm also very tired. This usually brings my spirits down, but not right now. Doctor thinks I'm hypomanic and is treating it accordingly. I'm committed to treatment right now. It's hard. I want to fix this without medication but I cannot. I need to build endurance and endure. Meds help.
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It can be so hard to tell the difference between 'joy' and hypomania, I wish I were better at it. As Don'tspeak said, paraphrasing here, not experiencing joy is not an option and we all deserve it and I think in this pdocs can overreach sometimes because they're so afraid of missing mania. Which isn't to say you're not experiencing hypomania right now.
In fact, it might be an interesting thread to list the differences between 'joy' and 'hypomania' (the ecstatic kind) in our own experiences because I think sometimes there's really a fine line. Unfortunately, some of us -me included- don't realize the road we're on until it's too late and the hypomania turns dark. Best of luck and you will endure!