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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
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.
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I really relate to this, blue. I am not sure whether my mania causes my psychosis or my psychosis causes my mania. Or what. But I definitely get psychotic completely independent of my "mood" episodes. No question about it. In fact, I don't really even like calling whatever I have a mood disorder, because it is so much more than a mood issue. Way more. I just don't think full-blown bipolar disorder with psychosis is primarily an illness of mood. It is something much more all-encompassing than that, in my humble opinion.