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#1
Aug 08, 2015, 02:18 PM
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Hi everyone.
I was wondering has anyone ever self induced Hypomania just to escape the monotony of depression. By shortening sleep, drinking lots of coffee or by any other means ?. Hypomania feels so good. fingers1 |
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#2
Aug 08, 2015, 02:18 PM
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I have heard of people doing this on here, they made a thread probably months ago but I think some people do try.
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#3
Aug 08, 2015, 02:24 PM
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I have tried
 Staying up too late, too much coffee, playing loud and fast music a lot, etc., etc... the not sleeping-part just triggered my depression and after that I had a hard time getting back on a good sleeping schedule. Wont try that again!I get hypomanic 2-3 times a year, fun in the beginning, then it just turns out to be in a train heading into a mountain, full speed with no brakes. A good friend of mine thinks I am having mild mania-episodes. Anyways... My brother has BP II, like me, and we shared a joke about how we need to tweek our meds to be inducing mild hypomania always. I said; "oh think about all the things I could get done!". His comment was; "Oh think about all the unfinished projects I would have laying around..." |
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#4
Aug 08, 2015, 02:57 PM
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I posted this topic the other day.. I know hypomania can be induced by drugs/alcohol. Most common is probably not taking meds.
I believe my last episode was induced by too much smoking/thc and not taking meds as prescribed. It wasn't planned. And it didn't end well. It's probably not a good idea to do this. But, I know how you feel cus normal life is boring and depression sucks. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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#5
Aug 08, 2015, 03:07 PM
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Taking too much speed is like being hypo (with anxiety), but I wouldn't suggest it
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Aug 08, 2015, 04:07 PM
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I did before and it was disaster. Went on to full blown mania and psychosis. Not good.
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#7
Aug 08, 2015, 04:40 PM
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I do this... but then I get overwhelmed and crash.
I am not bipolar but at one point I had been dxd bipolar. Now they decided I dont fit any label... But I have episodes very similar to hypomania and I can and do induce them myself. Mostly with caffeine, excessive stimulation, certain stress situations and people... Breathing a certain way will also do it... certain types of music... It sounds strange but then, of course, all psychological states probably can be induced some way or other. |
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Aug 08, 2015, 07:21 PM
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I did with caffeine. I really treated it like a drug of abuse because it got me through the day. But because of that I've been off of caffeine completely (except the little bit in chocolate)for 8 years now. The huge crash (over and over since caffeine doesn't last long) was not worth it and neither was not responding to meds because the caffeine overcame them. Realizing what I was doing was fairly horrifying because my manias are dysphoric and awful but I needed the energy to work. I had to go off work to get on Seroquel and I changed jobs nearly immediately after going back so that I could be in a different (unfortunately much worse) environment.
ETA: I do not recommend this!!!!!!!!
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#9
Aug 08, 2015, 07:40 PM
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I'd be worried about turning my depression into an agitated state and that would be dangerous and not fun.
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Aug 08, 2015, 07:59 PM
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I have tried, which I know is a bad idea, but I was depressed at the time and trying to feel better. I skipped meds, stayed awake a couple days, and drank a lot of coffee. I don't think it was really hypomania, but it did induce a strange kind of mental state. Anyways, i stopped trying after a couple days, and it took a few days to feel normal again. I was lucky that i didn't end up getting really sick, or doing anything super dangerous or risky. I think that by the time i'm considering doing that things are already going badly. But I totally understand wanting to.
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Aug 08, 2015, 09:17 PM
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I did by doubling my AD. My family found out and reported it to my pdoc and now he is highly disappointed in me and the trust is broken.
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#12
Aug 08, 2015, 10:27 PM
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Playing with fire .. It seldom ends well. Then you are left with a giant mess to clean up and amends to make, while trying to claw your way outta the hell you landed in.
Hypo is joyous and alluring.. but is the hypo worth the hell afterwards, that is the question. Good luck
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Aug 09, 2015, 12:40 AM
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I have done what everyone else has said. It is a very slippery slope. I quit meds in January and it took 6 months to stabilize again.
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