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Originally Posted by MtnTime2896
stress seems to be the link.
coming down from hypomania sucks. when it started turning into full mania, i stepped up and told the pdoc. pdoc put me on more meds..
well, i guess i'm not manic or hypo even.
instead i crashed so hard that i left a crater in my wake.
no need for details, everyone here knows how depressive episodes go. they strip life away as it was. the beauty and interests gone. life is grey now and i want nothing to do with it.
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MtnTime2896, Stress can definitely keep the stream of episodes going, as can the whole kindling effect. But with proper meds, lifestyle adjustments, and coping tools it will stop...for at least a while. I know.
Seeking or stoking mania is like making a deal with the devil. Believe me! And doing so only lengthens and worsens streams of episodes. Stability IS the friend of people with bipolar disorder! I know it may not feel so after high energy elated times, or wishing the opposite of depression, but over time stability grows on you. That is the ideal. It's the reality, not some delusional notion in the brain.
Mania can certainly turn very bad and ruin life. It works similarly in that sense as taking illegal drugs or increasing alcohol consumption. Perhaps you haven't experienced a "bottom" with mania, but do you really want it to go so far? I reached a bottom. Wish I hadn't had to in order to develop insight and...commonsense.