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Originally Posted by annielovesbacon
I see a therapist regularly and saw her today. I had a manic episode a few weeks ago but hesitated to label it as such when I was speaking to her -- I just described it to her and let her say "that sounds like it was a manic episode."
BP is something that I live with, it's something I've researched a lot... why am I so afraid to seem like an 'expert' about it? I feel like my therapist has to tell me what state I'm in, that I'm not qualified to say so. Can anyone relate?
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——-well, maybe it was hypomanic or maybe it was actually ok in the context of your life. Patterns are really more significant. If you keep acting manicky, be careful, cut back your stress, activity level, etc. I find that I get in a LOT MORE trouble when I’m hypomanic than if I’m depressive because In depression we’re isolating.
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Last edited by luvyrself; Feb 23, 2019 at 07:17 AM.
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