[Skitz13]

I've gone/going through a mixed episode. The swings have calmed down considerable. I had 8 days of stable moods but am finding myself getting lower and lower today. I saw my pdoc yesterday and we are both optimistic it was over. I've been feeling almost back to myself.

It has been a busy week and I' tired and my Latuda was increased yesterday.

Do these episodes just go away or do they fade away over time? This is my first experience with them.

I'm feeling a little discouraged. I just want this to go away

[BipolaRNurse]

Yeah, they go away.....just like everything else bipolar, mixed moods wax and wane. For me they are absolutely THE PITS---sad, angry, irritable, suicidal, and all with enough energy to cause a lot of damage. I get confused: am I manic? Am I depressed? Which one is it? And when that happens, I know I'm in a mixed episode and I give my pdoc a holler. Unfortunately, I usually don't realize I'm in one of these until I'm halfway out of it!

So sorry you're dealing with this. I hope the med tweak makes things better for you. And remember: this, too, shall pass.

[pawn78]

I didn't even know what a mixed episode was, until my pdoc told me I was in one. Like bipolarnurse, i didn't know what was going on, "am I depressed? am I hypomanic?" Irritability, frequent extreme mood swings, anger, despair, thoughts of dying, mixed with hyper-sex-drive, high energy, mixed with low energy....I was a mess. Its been going on for months for me, and i am just now getting better thanks to my medication.

[foreverbp]

I feel like I live in a state of mixed episodes at all times. My irritability never ends. I can go from one extreme to the next in no time. But like bipolarnurse said, they wax and wane.

[pepperlynne]

I am so sorry you are going through this. I go through it all the time. My main state of being is in mixed bipolar episodes.... It's tough, so tough. And know one "gets it." What it's like to be YOU in those moments.

I don't know what to tell you, mine last from months of just mixed episode after mixed episode. Good luck. Just listen to good meaningful music, and watch meaningful movies, exercise, and keep in touch with friends. It'll help....

[Skitz13]

Sooo to be clear, I can actually have a really good week and slip back in?

I don't understand then, when do I know it's over? It's tricking me.

How long do I have to go, in terms of a period of stability do I need to have, in order to know it's done?

I SHOULD get it, but I just don't.

[pepperlynne]

Yes you can.. That's the horrible part, you don't know when it's done, you don't know how long it will be.

[littlemiss44]

I.just recently had a mixed episode. Mostly hypomania. My mood was up and down and then I thought "I'll have Baby!" not in reality at all. My kids are 16 & 18 and my tubes are tied. Rapid thoughts and wild ideas like these come to mind. Meds only go so far. I hate it when I have breakthrough episodes even tho I'm properly medicated.

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