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#1
Apr 01, 2015, 08:35 PM
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When you go through an episode (not a mixed episode), what order do you find yourself going through? As in, which comes first, last, or maybe re-appears?
MANIA --> DEPRESSION DEPRESSION --> MANIA MANIA --> DEPRESSION --> MANIA AGAIN DEPRESSION --> MANIA --> DEPRESSION AGAIN Or some other order perhaps? |
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#2
Apr 01, 2015, 08:40 PM
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for me I don't know that id have a very reliable "cycle" as I currently just bounce back and forth between the two.. sort of a "which came first, the chicken or the egg" type question for me..
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Apr 01, 2015, 09:11 PM
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I'm the same as palerefraction it's one or the other and I don't know which comes first.
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#4
Apr 01, 2015, 09:22 PM
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Used to be I'd feel normal for awhile, then head up into hypo/mania, crash back to earth and then spiral down, then go back to normal. Since I've been medicated at this level, my patterns have changed and I don't have as many episodes as I used to. I still follow a seasonal pattern (up in spring/summer, down in fall/winter) but am much less likely to get manic than before. I've been pretty stable for the past three months, only had a bit of what I call pre-hypomania for several weeks when the weather turned nice.
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#5
Apr 02, 2015, 05:26 PM
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I guess it is a difficult one to answer. I'm trying to figure it out too.
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Apr 02, 2015, 05:33 PM
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I've found that since I've been medicated (& there are plenty of times when I wonder if I'm over-medicated) my hypo/manic periods have pretty much disappeared. As far as hitting the mania wall, that's a good thing but, on the other hand, I feel it saps my creativity & motivation. I guess it's kind of a trade-off. Mania's a whole lot of fun until you hit the wall & have to pay the consequences...I sincerely miss it sometimes, however.
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#7
Apr 02, 2015, 07:15 PM
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Usually for me I get really happy, busy & hyper then manic with nooooo sleep then incredibly irritable then depression sets in. Like it says on the shampoo bottle wash-rinse-and repeat
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#8
Apr 02, 2015, 09:30 PM
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Usually goes depressed - baseline - hypo - manic (before the meds) - mixed - depressed - repeat. Can't determine which comes first since it's cyclical.
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