Hypomania without euphoria

I have one question (and I am not sure I didn't ask it before): Do you sometimes have hypo without euphoria? It's been like two weeks that I am sleeping very irregularly, I feel restless, can't concentrate and often talk too much. Very risky behaviour and sometimes moments of feeling that everything is gorgeous, but they don't last long. Communicating too much on the internet and in real life. Suddenly breaking into tears and sobbing like my dog just died. But no euphoria, not feeling on top of the world. I rarely do. Is it possible to have hypomania without euphoria?

It is very possible.

Sometimes hypomania is not euphoric at all. Sometimes it's irritability instead. Sometimes it's mixed states. It looks a little different on everyone. Some people love their hypomania because they feel great. Others, despise it. I've never been euphoric. I get either mixed states, or irritable. Or utter chaos. Hypomania, for me, is anything but euphoric.

Yes, sometimes hypomania or mania manifests as severe anxiety. "Dysphoric mania" I've heard it termed.

Sometimes I do. It's the "irritable" type of hypomania, where I have energy, but I'm impulsive, not sleeping as much as usual, and feel elevated in the sense that I have the drive to get accomplished certain activities. Sometimes I'll get overly fixated on things though. I tend to get angry easily when I'm in this phase. I'm quick to react without thinking things through or being mindful of the consequences.

That is just what I feel like. Many times I got anxiety, in my case I get hypochondric and I get obsessed with the illness I believe I have. I sleep far less, perceive sounds and movements differently, talk more or faster, move around the house restlessly and sometimes I get Kind of happy but it is more a Feeling like being pulled Forwards on a string that is fixed somewhere in my stomach. I get very irritable. I also abuse more substances and do very risky things in those states. Sometimes I get very angry and aggressive with no reason. This lasts between 2 days up to 2 weeks. So this could be hypo?

If you are not usually a hypochondriac then that is borderline delusional thinking. I would definately ask your doctor what state they think this could be.

anyway, as far as i can see, dysphoric mania is the same as mixed. wouldnt i Need to be "just" manic or hypo at some Point to be dxd bp?

i have been hypochondric since Age 16. but that usually came along with high irritability and after phases that i hadnt slept much for months and worked litteraly like a maniac. might have been Switches in episodes that back there no one noticed. by borderline delusional thinking you mean it is related to bpd or that it is on the borderline to delusional thinking? right now i do not get very hypochondric anymore but i have been able to produce symptoms of an illness i believed to have within minutes after reading up on them (and i still am, yesterday i got Kind of hypochondric because of the fighting, read up on inner bleedings and produced the adequate symptoms like dizziness within five minutes)

I might Need to clarify on this Topic: I only get hypochondric states. I am not hypochondric in my day to day life. It Comes in episodes that last from one or two days to two months. Those episodes seem to be triggered by stress, personal life Happenings or too Little sleep

You sound bipolar if that is what you are questioning.
bizi

It is exactly what I am questioning as I am not diagnosed yet. What makes you think I sound bipolar? I sometimes get so desperate about how I am feeling that I would embrace being diagnosed with almost anything as long as it might help me to feel better. Anyways I know this Forum doesn't replace DX and I am in process of getting diagnosed by a pdoc.

I am not a doctor so will wait to see what your pdoc tells you.
You are posting on a bipolar forum with symptoms of bipolar disorder.....
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Hypomania can characterized by irritable rather than euphoric mood. It just means that you need more symptoms (4 not 3) to be diagnosed, and there needs to be a marked increase in energy.

Actually, this sounds somewhat similar I went through around the time I started having episodes. When I was around 15 years old, I had my first hypomanic/euphoric manic episode where I was engaging in very risky behavior, etc. Shortly after, my mood became irritable, extremely anxious, angry, impulsive, and paranoid. I began to fixate on different illnesses and experienced paranoid thinking that I was dying. My thoughts raced very, very rapidly from one delusion to another, but the thoughts seemed to have a fixed theme that something was "wrong" with me that separated me from others. I wasn't sleeping either. Each minute felt like hours. Sounds sounded so loud that it scared me.

I remember looking in the mirror and seeing my face as thinner and screaming. Then I started having somatic symptoms where I felt my skin crawl. I never experienced this health fixation ever again once my episode passed and learned some of what I was experiencing was psychosis, and I had other symptoms that met criteria for a mixed manic episode (I later found out). In my case, it turned out to be Bipolar 1. My episodes do not follow a health theme anymore....it was strange it was only centered around that at that particular time. I'm sure psychosis played a big role.

I hope you get relief soon. (((HUGS)))

Hi Theresa, I meant it was bordering on delusional (not BPD). It might even be fully delusional but I'm not a doctor and I would get a professional opinion on all that. I get MAJOR health anxiety so I believe I can relate a bit.

I'm sorry you are struggling so much. (((Hugs)))