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Old Oct 30, 2017, 02:54 PM
Anonymous46341
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A very helpful part of your post is that you've written all of your recent experiences down. Print it out and bring it with you to your psychiatrist and therapist appointment. They know you (if you've been seeing them a while) and are best to diagnose.

What I can say from taking Abnormal Psychology is that it often confuses people to see the same list of symptoms for hypomania as for mania. They always say that it is "a matter of severity" or whether the mania necessitates hospitalization or not. From my knowledge, hypomania has various levels before it officially is considered full blown mania, and hypomania itself can get pretty bad at some points. Your doctor and therapist should have a sense for what crosses the line.

I don't know if psychiatrists have a slightly different line for some people vs. others. After all, there are some people without bipolar disorder that do some pretty crazy things. Plus, it is my belief that full blown manias do not look the same across the board. I've watched videos patients have made of themselves when hospitalized for mania w/psychotic features and thought they seemed pretty tame and just saying some somewhat strange things. Others can barely even make sense and may be dragged to isolation rooms and even strapped down because of agitation/violence. It's so hard to really tell.
Thanks for this!
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