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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Hi bluebicycle. Before I was on a good medication mix, I would indeed have notable issues with my sleep, for the length of my hypomanic/manic episode. However, on my current mix, I can have what I call "mood upswings" during the daytime, and then after taking my sedating evening medications sleep a reasonable amount of time. If my "mood upswing" is quite severe, maybe my sleep goes down to 3 to 5 hours at night, but during milder ones, I can often still get 7 hours. I don't necessarily call these experiences hypomanic or manic episodes because they don't always meet the full length criteria, but occasionally they do. My morning medications aren't very sedating. It is usually between 12 noon and 6 pm that I sometimes have these "mood upswings" that I referred to.
I don't know if what I describe applies to you, but maybe.
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I rarely notice any mood upswings, so my therapist or pdoc usually have to point them out to me. During those times, I literally think I am behaving normally and do not suspect a thing wrong. So, unfortunately, I cannot say if I relate to your upswings that last between 12 and 6. But I do have my therapy appts in the morning (10am) and pdoc ones in the evening (6:30pm), and when I have both appts on the same day and I appear (hypo)manic, my pdoc and therapist say the same thing, so I am inclined to believe it lasts all day when it does occur.
The problem with me is that I get psychosis regardless of mood episodes, so the psychosis can impact my behavior as well and possibly make me appear "manic," which makes things confusing (to say the least). Fortunately, though, I have not had psychosis in a while.