[Detach]

I had hypomania, then mania recently... it lasted a total of 6-7 weeks. Currently I have had all the physical symptoms of depression without the negative thinking for a week. Pdoc decreased my meds last week, but symptoms continue. Today I had appt with Tdoc and she said she thinks I'm tired and exhausted from the hypomania and mania I had.

Anyone have this problem without it being depression or meds?

[AbeIsAbe]

I think the physical exhaustion makes complete sense and I am surprised you are not emotionally exhausted.

Why would your pdoc decrease your meds? Are they not working? Was it an anti-depressant?

[Detach]

Oh I'm emotionally exhausted to (can't handle any stress)....

As far as the meds, it was Seroquel and Klonopin he reduced last week...he was afraid my dose was too high since it was increased like 3 times during mania..... and I definitely am no longer manic.

Tdoc now thinks it's mostly exhaustion. She says it's common after mania.

I think what you're going through is definitely common, being exhausted both physically and mentally was something I went through as well after my mania. Makes a lot of sense after all of the physical and mental energy used during hypomania/mania, right?

I hope your exhaustion goes away ASAP.

[BlackPup]

even a short hypomania leaves me exhausted both physically and emotionally - sometimes this is enough to trigger a depression other times I can get out of it without spiralling out of control.

[Charlie_J]

This is interesting. My hypomanic then manic phases can last anything up to a year, after which I crash. And my depressive phases always start with the physical symptoms of depression (the lack of energy and exhaustion). My mood follows.

Mania vs Depression... it's like the chicken and the egg.

Maybe I'll ask the pdoc about it today.

[Detach]

I could see how this "exhaustion" and lack of motivation could easily be misinterpreted as depression. I myself was unsure, however Tdoc was very reassuring when she said that if I wasn't having negative thoughts, then it was NOT depression. I could see though that if she had not "set me straight" that I could have made a mountain out of a mole hill....and even talked myself into being depressed because of it.

Also, I think when symptoms arise that are out of our norm (what ever that is..haha), even if it's exhaustion and feeling tired we worry that something devastating or catastrophic must be happening....continuing the downward spiral.
I am hypersensitive in this area, because I had a depressive state in 2009 after hypomania that lead to a suicide attempt and lord knows I don't want to go though that again. But at that time I WAS having negative thoughts, so I know what Tdoc means....