Mania .... Hypo Mania

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 08:41 PM

I dont know the difference, well i kinda do, but not in a way that i can apply it.
I've never been told i'm hypomanic, always manic..
What the actual difference?

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 08:47 PM

actually i just found a website that properly spelled it out.
I experience mania cause of the delusions and the hallucinations and the fact i genuinely believe stuff that isnt actually right.
Rather than just having an elevated mood.
It makes me think thought, when you have bipolar and you're actually just genuinely happy, how can you tell if thats hypomania or not.
Do any of you that have known you have had the illness for a while ever get to go through a period of time where you or other people arent constantly analysing your mood and naming it and explaining it?
I do it all the time since i found out.. Oh now, i'm normal, now i'm a 3 now i'm a 4, now i'm manic... i'm becoming OCD about my bipolar i think!

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 10:14 PM

Haha OCD about bipolar.

Others don't label me like that. But I have to keep sn eye on it myself to know when I need to call the pdoc. I also get mania and hypomania. Hypo just means "under" I think.

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 10:17 PM

i was thinking of hypo as hyper. but its not!

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 10:21 PM

Nope. Hypo is less hyper is more. :-)

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 10:43 PM

why make them sound the same!!

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 10:45 PM

i am hypo-manic nearly always..i know it's hypo mania..and not full fledged mania because i actually feel fantastic, it's atually benificall to my life instead of harmful. The One tiny little thing that is not great..is the 3 or 4 hours of sleep..sometimes the days without sleep...actually if the sleep was under control hypo-mania would be perfect. However..mine is because of the celexa (citalopram) and i know it...goes away when i stop taking it..and i hate that.

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 10:46 PM

Same reason there are words that sound the same but mean different things. ;-)

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryask

i am hypo-manic nearly always..i know it's hypo mania..and not full fledged mania because i actually feel fantastic, it's atually benificall to my life instead of harmful. The One tiny little thing that is not great..is the 3 or 4 hours of sleep..sometimes the days without sleep...actually if the sleep was under control hypo-mania would be perfect. However..mine is because of the celexa (citalopram) and i know it...goes away when i stop taking it..and i hate that.

if celexa makes you not sleep and makes you hypomanic- I was in the ER for mania after 2 days w/o sleep- why take it?

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 10:51 PM

Oh my days i was on Citalopram for 7 months, and i cycled bewteen mania and mixed episodes the whole time, thats really how i got to the bottom of things and realised i was bipolar. Even though when pdoc said it was bipolar i refused to believe it!

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Moose72

if celexa makes you not sleep and makes you hypomanic- I was in the ER for mania after 2 days w/o sleep- why take it?

Because i love it....well not the lack of sleep..but the not being depressed...plus my mind is very sharp...sometimes it races...but mostly i feel very invigorated and happy..

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by widgets

Oh my days i was on Citalopram for 7 months, and i cycled bewteen mania and mixed episodes the whole time, thats really how i got to the bottom of things and realised i was bipolar. Even though when pdoc said it was bipolar i refused to believe it!

Thats how they discovered i was bi-polar too...i went in horribly depressed..i mean..i wouldnt ...wash..or..brush my hair..or even eat..i wanted to die...when i went in for help...i got put on the celexa and WHAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM...instant happy..she said SSRI's antidepressants normally only have that affect on bi-polar...so..there was my diagnosis...

widgets · Jan 13, 2011, 10:58 PM

I'd sacrifice sleep for happiness, the celexa made it hard for me to sleep but just made my dreams CRAZY!

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by widgets

I'd sacrifice sleep for happiness

So would i...that's why i keep taking it..

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 11:05 PM

Trouble is, I go past happy into bad mania. Mania can be miserable!

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Moose72

Trouble is, I go past happy into bad mania. Mania can be miserable!

I get to that point to..i PRN Abilify when it happends though...works for me

Moose72 · Jan 13, 2011, 11:34 PM

As needed?

I used two doses of abilify and ended up with tardiv diskinesia.

Ryask · Jan 13, 2011, 11:37 PM

yeah i use it "as needed" so...whenever i get to high...i'm lucky i didn have a bad side effect like that..that sucks :/

sugahorse1 · Jan 14, 2011, 02:27 AM

I've been a lot happier since starting Wellbutrin, been in a constant hypomanic state, and sleeping less. I'd rather be in this place though!

Jan 14, 2011, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryask

i am hypo-manic nearly always..i know it's hypo mania..and not full fledged mania because i actually feel fantastic, it's atually benificall to my life instead of harmful. .. However..mine is because of the celexa (citalopram) and i know it...goes away when i stop taking it..and i hate that.

My hypomanias have not always been fantastic (sometimes, yes it is seemed that way, like shouting out, "I'm a f***** genius with glue gun and marker in hand... um...yeah. My psych said, "but you didn't really mean it did you? I said, yeah, in that moment, yes. I meant it very much...), but sometimes it's just rage and super irritibility. Citalopram was an unmitigated disaster for me. It didn't bring on any positive aspects of hypomania, but completely deranged suicidality. Not just like, oh, yes, but physically compelled toward, and consumed with ways that were just... let's just say...not my way.
Lexapro on the other hand... it was the first thing I was prescribed when misdiagnosed MDD...they said, it might take 3 or 4 WEEKS ...two DAYS later I was all like, holy cow! This is amazing! Should've been a clue. Wasn't.

Ryask · Jan 14, 2011, 03:03 AM

i have some ....slight..irritability...issues...but to be honest it's DRASTICALLY worse when i am off meds. I mean i have those moments...of "OMG i'm brilliant"...but i deserve to feel good about myself ... I mean my depression...was sooooooo long....i was undiagnosed for a LONG time...i had addiction..issues...while trying to self medicate...SI...it was bad....really bad...i deserve some happyness....even if it's...manufactured...and not actual happiness...just hypo-mania.......it's not all good like i keep saying..there alot of things that are not great...the lack of sleep, the racing thoughts, the rash spending spree's, the rage...the inability to do anything casually..., the inability to stick with anything...i get these idea's in my mind about doing something..and it just turns into an addiction...it could be anything..i just gog og og og og go.....and then...on to the next thing...i love the freedom...the creativity..the mental clarity..the 0 anxiety...no restraints..just do what i want..and i don't even care when people get upset...i look them right in the face and say..."i don't care"...and i feel no remorse...and with all of this.....even hypo-mania has flaws...but they are still not half as bad as being depressed.

Jan 14, 2011, 03:56 AM

True 'nuf. Hear ya, Ryask! (SI has never really been an issue for me.. but sui ideations? --plans, acquisitions? Holy cow.) The depressions sooo long and deep... oh yes. For me the irritability issues were not slight though-- they threatened the very few relationships I had. Undiagnosed for a loooong time? Oh. So. Hear. You. 25 years+ from the first obvious signs....
Even though parts suck... I'd still take hypomania over depression ANY day! Times ten! (At LEAST!)
Like you said, Ryask, super wow-za on the straight SSRIs? Yup.
Save us from Ebay...
(Been really really good on that front

once I knew what was going on...)

widgets · Jan 14, 2011, 08:29 AM

Ryask, if you feel happy, then thats all that matters, everyone in the world has to sacrifice something for happiness. For you its being a bit irritable sometimes and less sleep! But hey your happy! and thats brilliant manufactured or not.
And i think even the most normal of people need to manufacture their own happiness most of the time, not many people are lucky enough to be naturally happy.
But yeah Citalopram took me past Hypomania. Not good.
And my doctor prescribed me some other medication which was not to be used with an SSRI, and it basically sent me into a state where i felt drunk all the time, not able to stay awake but not able to sleep either and really confused! And i didnt know what was going on!!

sugahorse1 · Jan 14, 2011, 08:34 AM

I'm on a stable dose of Wellbutrin and Lamictin, but when I add Lexapro to it, I start going hypomanic.
Like now
My mind is racing, and my eyes keep focusing on different things. I cannot keep my leg still. Cannot concentrate. Sleep much less. Talk faster, but don't actually listen to the conversation. Talk more.

widgets · Jan 14, 2011, 08:43 AM

I'm not on anything at the moment, i'm point blank refusing to go back on seroquel, its horrible, so he has suggested Abilify, which i am contemplating.
My moods on a wheel at the moment and i dont know where its going to stop, today i have lots of plans of things i am going to do and feel full of energy, but in a good way rather than a manic way.
Just things to occupy me and stop me focussing on anything upsetting!

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