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#1
Sep 16, 2016, 04:24 PM
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How long do your hypo/manic and depressive episodes last?
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#2
Sep 16, 2016, 04:45 PM
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My episodes all last about three months. This is an average. Sometimes they're shorter.
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#3
Sep 16, 2016, 06:40 PM
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Usually months
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Sep 16, 2016, 06:44 PM
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Well since I've been on meds irk really. Used to be that my depressions lasted like at least 6 months. My hypos lasted about 2, @and manias maybe 1.
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#5
Sep 17, 2016, 07:19 AM
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Usually 2-3 weeks once a month
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#6
Sep 17, 2016, 02:14 PM
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Long for both. 4 mos or more
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#7
Sep 17, 2016, 02:53 PM
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mania lasts 1-2 months, depression 3-4 months
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#8
Sep 17, 2016, 02:56 PM
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I'm rapid cycling.
Depression: 2-3 weeks Hypo/mania: 1 week I usually have 3-4 weeks between episodes Before the rapid cycling, depression used to last 2-4 months. I'm not sure about hypo/mania because I was Dx'ed 1 year ago and that's when I started rapid cycling. *sigh* |
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#9
Sep 17, 2016, 03:13 PM
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Quote:
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#10
Sep 17, 2016, 03:49 PM
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Hypomania/mania, 1wk up to 2 months, depressive episodes months on end...
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#11
Sep 17, 2016, 06:35 PM
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Hypo/mania lasts for several weeks or until I call my pdoc, who promptly deals with it by adjusting one or both of my APs. One summer long ago I was manic for the entire season, I just didn't know I was bipolar at the time. So I went unmedicated...it wasn't pretty.
My depressions, on the other hand, tend to last for months and are not amenable to med changes for the most part. My last severe one (the one that landed me in the hospital) required major increases in my Lamictal and a small uptick in Zyprexa. It didn't take away all of the depression but it did end the suicidal ideation.
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#12
Sep 17, 2016, 06:50 PM
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Mania or hypomania: 2 weeks to 2 months
Depression: 2 months to several months (hard to determine the length sometimes) |
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#13
Sep 18, 2016, 06:11 AM
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Last hypomania lasted 6 months july2015-dec2015. Followed by a 2-3 month transition phase jan 2016-march2016. Have been depressed since april now.
I am not on any medication. |
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#14
Sep 18, 2016, 11:06 AM
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Hypomania usually one week. Depression for months.
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Sep 18, 2016, 11:14 AM
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Anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, depending. I alternate between rapidly cycling and then sometimes more "classic" swings of long lasting mania/hypomania, then into depression.
I do tend to rapidly cycle more in the summer and have longer-lasting depressions in the fall/winter though. In the summer, I used to have longer lasting hypomania/mania, but now my summer pattern tends to be: 1-2 weeks of depression, 1-2 weeks hypo/manic, baseline, then repeat. |
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