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Originally Posted by tracy33
When I get manic, I like to tear up the highway. I have a fast car, too.
Also, I've experienced the height thing before on the 14th floor of a hotel. It was quite scary.
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Yes, maybe the driving fast is a characteristic of a (hypo)manic episode. I'm not so sure about the heights thing.
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Originally Posted by Suzy5654
Yes--the thinking about jumping & I've also tried to throw myself out of a moving car...
I think I was in a mixed state, though, as when I'm hypo-manic I feel really GOOD & rarely want to do anything destructive--but I do do things to extreme that end up being destructive...--Suzy
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So, when one wants to hurt oneself by doing something that requires some energy, one is in a mixed state.
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Originally Posted by niecy440
Yes i jumped from a moving car and then had my husband run after me for a mile. I can't remember why I was so upset but I was so angry with myself and life. I ran over a stop sign started fights with strangers.
All of this and who i really am is a very soft hearted person who cares deeply for family and friends. I feel like jeckell and hyde. Doing much better on meds but still feel a little anxious.
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This sounds like a mixed state, am I correct?
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Originally Posted by gravyyy
Yes, I too have the problem, esp with the heights thing. Where I used to work, I would park at the top of the high-rise parking garage. I would take the elevator down from the 10th story I think it was. The elevator was all glass in the back so you could see the view of the city as you rode down. I would get on the elevator and stand there at the back as it was going down and imagine I was falling instead of riding down. I brought this up to my T and she said it was more like and intrusive thought rather than anything related to manic. The driving too fast seems more like a hypomanic behavior. So I don't know what it is, but I do know that the height thing for me isn't related to hypomania. I was definitely depressed during that time. DOn't know if this was helpful at all.
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I can think the following: when we do dangerous things without the clear intent to harm ourselves, then we are in a (hypo)manic state. Whereas when we are clearly wanting to hurt/kill ourselves, we are then on a mixed/depressed state. Do you think that is correct?