[CopperStar]

I almost never get hypomania or pure mania, I'm used to either depression or mixed states with psychosis. So I'm not very good at recognizing hypomania.

Lately I've been feeling a bit "high" and impulsive, whimsical. Nothing seems to bother me, and my attention is constantly drifting. I feel a tense, restless energy and have many thoughts, but I don't really have much focus for any one thing.

I think what made me question myself is that I emailed an ex-boyfriend out of nowhere recently, for no apparent reason, I'm not sure why I did it. Luckily he ignored it, since by the next day I had lost interest in talking and didn't know why I had emailed him in the first place. Secondly I've become a bit obsessed with weight loss, to the point that I'm frequently thinking about it, feel excited about it and am eating as little as possible. I tend to get obsessions when I start to tick upward.

However, I've been taking my Symbyax dutifully and have been getting about 7 hours of sleep per night. I'm able to fall asleep after about an hour or so of going to bed. So that makes me doubt I'm really hypo lately.

I'm just not sure. Right now I feel bubbly and excited, bored and restless, and day-dreamy all at the same time. I just keep pacing around. I feel like I could break out into song or something.

I hope it continues on without insomnia or anything. Do you ever get hypo symptoms without anything terrible like insomnia?

[LettinG0]

I am 51. I cycle about four times a year almost like clockwork. I have NEVER had insomnia with my hypo's.......at the most I might sleep a little bit less....but never not sleep.

[violet66]

I never have insomnia when hypo either. My insomnia comes with mixed episodes and depression.

[CopperStar]

Originally Posted by LettinG0

I am 51. I cycle about four times a year almost like clockwork. I have NEVER had insomnia with my hypo's.......at the most I might sleep a little bit less....but never not sleep.

It feels so weird. Good but weird. I can hardly tell if it's hypomania or if my meds are just working.

I can't tell if I'm doing better and my true self is coming out, or if I'm just hypo.

Like I have the overwhelming urge to cut off my hair. I can't tell if that's just something I do when I'm feeling "high" or if I'm just feeling good enough to actually care about how my hair looks and to want it the way, well I want it.

My libido has also come back out of nowhere. When I first started with the Prozac, it just disappeared. Now suddenly I can get aroused again. A blessing to have a healthy libido on an SSRI, or a sign of hypomania?

Confusing crap.

[LettinG0]

It's funny you specifically mentioned your hair......I am going through the same thing right now.......and have no idea if I REALLY want it cut ... or if I am just bouncing....

Since I have never been good at recognizing hypos on the way in, I am trying really hard to be self-aware......but now I am doing the....."do I just feel good, or am I going up"

It is so confusing......thinking of you.

[scatterbrained04]

I have been hypo both with insomnia and without.

[wolfspirit2015]

Originally Posted by CopperStar

I almost never get hypomania or pure mania, I'm used to either depression or mixed states with psychosis. So I'm not very good at recognizing hypomania.

Lately I've been feeling a bit "high" and impulsive, whimsical. Nothing seems to bother me, and my attention is constantly drifting. I feel a tense, restless energy and have many thoughts, but I don't really have much focus for any one thing.

I think what made me question myself is that I emailed an ex-boyfriend out of nowhere recently, for no apparent reason, I'm not sure why I did it. Luckily he ignored it, since by the next day I had lost interest in talking and didn't know why I had emailed him in the first place. Secondly I've become a bit obsessed with weight loss, to the point that I'm frequently thinking about it, feel excited about it and am eating as little as possible. I tend to get obsessions when I start to tick upward.

However, I've been taking my Symbyax dutifully and have been getting about 7 hours of sleep per night. I'm able to fall asleep after about an hour or so of going to bed. So that makes me doubt I'm really hypo lately.

I'm just not sure. Right now I feel bubbly and excited, bored and restless, and day-dreamy all at the same time. I just keep pacing around. I feel like I could break out into song or something.

I hope it continues on without insomnia or anything. Do you ever get hypo symptoms without anything terrible like insomnia?

When I'm in my hypomania phase, I usually write, read, and play the piano. I get real creative. Sometimes I don't get insomnia. Most of the time I do.

[faerie_moon_x]

I have rapid cycling and lost of mixed states. My cycle is 3-7 days for either depression or hypomania with a mixed phase of 1-3 days in between. I never have "normal" times. Those don't exist. I'm like a pendulum, constantly swinging...

Insomnia.... it comes and goes, I actually regularly get about 7 hours at least. Yes, I can have hypomania without it. My hypomania is dysphoric. But, I do have the "sleep with no rest" problem. I'm asleep but my brain isn't sleeping, or something.

However, if I do have insomnia or my sleep schedule is disrupted, it's very bad. My mood and cognition goes off the charts and easily I can have a full episode in those cases.

[Nammu]

I have almost constant insomnia doesn't matter what state I'm in. Without meds I get very little sleep and at some point it cycles right out of control into mania.

[Mountainbard]

Originally Posted by CopperStar

It feels so weird. Good but weird. I can hardly tell if it's hypomania or if my meds are just working.

I can't tell if I'm doing better and my true self is coming out, or if I'm just hypo.

Like I have the overwhelming urge to cut off my hair. I can't tell if that's just something I do when I'm feeling "high" or if I'm just feeling good enough to actually care about how my hair looks and to want it the way, well I want it.

My libido has also come back out of nowhere. When I first started with the Prozac, it just disappeared. Now suddenly I can get aroused again. A blessing to have a healthy libido on an SSRI, or a sign of hypomania?

Confusing crap.

Taken all together this sounds like hypomania. When I get hypomanic I don't get insomnia-- I just don't need or want more than four hours' sleep a night.

[WibblyWobbly]

Originally Posted by CopperStar

It feels so weird. Good but weird. I can hardly tell if it's hypomania or if my meds are just working.

I can't tell if I'm doing better and my true self is coming out, or if I'm just hypo.

Like I have the overwhelming urge to cut off my hair. I can't tell if that's just something I do when I'm feeling "high" or if I'm just feeling good enough to actually care about how my hair looks and to want it the way, well I want it.

My libido has also come back out of nowhere. When I first started with the Prozac, it just disappeared. Now suddenly I can get aroused again. A blessing to have a healthy libido on an SSRI, or a sign of hypomania?

Confusing crap.

My last major haircut was when I was hypo! I told the hairdresser to have at it and cut off at least 6 inches. Luckily I splurged on a good stylist so I didn't regret it when I came down.

I rarely get insomnia, but I will get involved in projects and stay up until 5 or 6 in the morning. I'll be tired but it's like I can't stop myself.