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Old Dec 26, 2015, 06:04 PM
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I get mildly hypomanic before the holidays. I love Christmas. I love shopping for the kids, wrapping everything, planning Christmas dinner, planning everything really, and making everything perfect for everyone. (Which is why I have been too busy to visit here in a few weeks.) While I do attribute it to just plain old happiness for the season, I also recognize the hypomania symptoms that go beyond just being a happy elf. Overspending, overdoing, not sleeping, etc...

Aaaand then the day AFTER Christmas comes and I am exhausted and depressed. I literally crash. Every year. While I do attribute the exhaustion to having been constantly busy for weeks, I also recognize my typical depressive symptoms, especially the sadness and derealization.

Since my bipolar episodes have gotten more frequent and more intense as I have gotten older, I'm worried that today is the kickoff of a depressive episode that will certainly last a couple of months.

I'm not ready to be depressed again.

Does anyone else follow a similar cycle? Any tips for avoiding the crash or making it more bearable?

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Old Dec 26, 2015, 06:23 PM
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I remembr telling my mom a month and a half ago that I was sad. When she asked why I told her it was because now that the Christmas season is here, it is almost over. I think to a certain degree, many people, including those without manic depression, crash the day after Christmas. I usually do crash but thankfully this year I haven't. I hope for you that today was a very bad day but is not the beginning of depression.
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Old Dec 26, 2015, 07:36 PM
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I do the same thing. I love Christmas but I hate life after. Normally the depressions gets really bad by the end of Jan. I have talked to the t about preventing this and his only suggestion was the sad lights I have one but freq. forget to use it.
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Old Dec 26, 2015, 08:37 PM
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I do the same thing as well. Right now I'm trying to focus on goals for the new year and getting them started early. I know some of things will help me feel better.
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Old Dec 26, 2015, 09:35 PM
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I felt pretty good during Christmas. Not hypomanic good but a normal level of good, minus the anxiety. As soon as I went to bed, I started sobbing out of nowhere. I cried a lot earlier today too and have been feeling overall depressed. I'm feeling better now that my boyfriend's home from his mom's house but I can feel the depression lurking. I'm trying to look forward to my new meds hopefully helping me this new year.
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Old Dec 27, 2015, 12:55 AM
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Not that I like others to suffer, but there is comfort in knowing I'm not alone in how I feel. I did take a Klonopin this evening...and then a nap ;-), and now the derealization isn't so bad and I'm feeling a bit better.
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