Do you feel like your personality is gone or diminished due to your use of meds for MI? Recently I had a manic episode that lasted a week and a half and landed me in the hospital.

One of the things I remember most is that during the slow and steady climb from hypo to manic I really felt like my personality was what it used to be. I went about a week without meds before I totally went off the rails into mania. I had several people comment to me that I was more animated and like my old self during that period. Of course once I went manic, they did not maintain the same opinion.

I have to wonder if people are just used to me as a hypomanic persona, because that is where I spent most of my time before I was diagnosed. Or do the Meds really dull me that much.