[Side of the Angels]

Prozac made me go into hypomania a few weeks ago. Pdoc took me off of it immediately, it only took a couple days. I kept the script and have been taking it to induce more hypo... it is so irresponsible and I know it and dangerous but I want it back so badly. When u have been as depressed as I have been for so many months any change is welcomed. Does anyone do this?

[Victoria'smom]

Yes but only 3. The problem with doing this is you'll through your self into a mixed state.

[PrairieCat]

Dangerous, it is not a game.

[Side of the Angels]

I can't be the only bipolar to have ever done this...

[wildflowerchild25]

*****TRIGGET WARNING IN THIS POST*****

did this over the summer. With Prozac, incidentally. It was the worst thing I've ever done. For a week it was fantastic, I had so much energy and felt soooo much better. I went running in the park, hiking, swinging on swings. But it turned on me. It was the worst thing I've ever done, the sickest I've ever been. I became so irritable that I would fly into a rage at any little thing. I began to believe that I was no longer in control of my mind. I thought there was an alien or some other being controlling my thoughts, implanting thoughts In my head. I became mixed - the being started telling me to kill myself, that my son and husband would be better without me. I began to hear voices calling my name. I began to see images of myself dying, hurting myself. They would haunt me all day. I was afraid of being alone with my son. I was afraid I would hurt him because I was so irritable. after a couple of weeks I cut myself so badly I needed stitches. I ended up hospitalized because my husband threatened to call the cops if I didn't go voluntarily. He had the phone in his hand with 911 dialed just waiting to preSs call.

I was in the hospit for nine days and missed the first three days of work. I could have died when I hurt myself. I've never been that psychotic before. It is actually all documented here on this forum....I made a lot of crazy rambling posts. It is SO DANGEROUS to do this. You can easily tip the scales into mania even if you've never been fully manic before. Consider this a warning. I know the feeling of wanting the hypomania. In Fact despite what I went through I am finding myself wishing I had some anti depressants now to get me out of a depression that is creeping up on me. But If I do it again there's no telling what could happen. I could die before my husband decides to commit me. I could lose my job because of the crazy things I would be likely to do. I can't take that chance.

BE CAREFUL wih messing with meds. You don't know where it could take you. I know hypo is fun but mania is NOT.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by Side of the Angels

I can't be the only bipolar to have ever done this...

You're not. But as wildflowerchild said, it's dangerous and you could wind up getting very sick. It happened to me last summer after I provoked what I thought would be just a little hypomania by staying up late at night and then 'forgetting' to take my meds. Trouble is, my idea of "a little hypomania" and clinically diagnosable mania are one and the same, and by the time I acknowledge that I may be a wee bit hypo, I'm already too far gone to wrestle it back under control without help.

I think those of us whose hypomania is euphoric dream of being hypomanic more or less all the time. I know I do! Unfortunately, it almost always turns on me and becomes full-blown mania, which ALWAYS gets ugly and usually costs me dearly in terms of financial ruin, lost jobs, and screwed-up relationships.

Trust me, it is not worth it. I'm glad you brought it up, because it's better to talk about it and get it out of your system in a safe place than to do something foolish. to you.

[Rzay4]

Wow this is what I hope doesn't happen to me.