[Theresa1991]

I am feeling reaaaally wired at the moment. When I am alone I dance and jump through the house, I talk to myself, I move constantly, tap my fingers and so on, I sing and rush and have a thousand things on my mind. I can't stop. But when I meet up with someone I don't. I still feel talkative and have problems to listen and to concentrate, but I stop the moving and being so overexcited. Does your hypo get better when you're out with someone or are you able to hide it?

Nope, I can't hide it.

I went to an appointment with my pdoc this past Friday, and he almost immediately said, "you're hypomanic." lol

My parents notice my behavior as well. They tell me to "calm the f*** down". lol. "Why are you so hyper and smiley?" (Apparently I physically shake from excitement as well.)

Edit: my old bosses (I had two) noticed my hyperactive behavior and kept asking me why I didn't sleep, as I would work from 4am until 12am

[Ocean Swimmer]

I'm more excited when around others.
But sometimes I can channel it into progress. Trying to come up with

[Ocean Swimmer]

Design for combo porcelain, ceramic,granite tiles left over from other projects to tile floor in new house.
The outside and inside walls are all tiles and mirrors. Turned out good.

I get very social when hpomanic but I don't thing people realise what is going on.

[franz kafka]

I can hide mild hypomania from most people, but not my doctors. They see right thru me.

[Coconutzo]

I'm good at hiding it in general. I get laser focused creatively at work and spend most of my time entertaining my clients. My coworkers probably just think I'm weird because I dance around a lot and climb on furniture. Sometimes they call me out for being hyper and I blame it on caffeine.
Socially it's easy. I just play the "life of the party" or drink to mask it. Also my friends love that I'm wild and eccentric. I do well hypo. When fully manic I turn into a nightmare who can't hide anything.
In therapy I can't hide anything nor do I try. My therapist can take one look at me and tell I'm unwell. My pdoc doesnt know me well enough yet

I was hypo a few weeks ago while in a PHP. They wanted to put me in inpatient because I have a history of flying way up to mania so they wanted me to talk to the doctor. I had to hide it or I was going to be locked up over Thanksgiving. Lots of deep breaths and reminders, "slow down, escape, you need doc to follow you."
So if I'm hypo, yes I can hide it. If I'm full blown manic, no.

[Moose72]

I thinks so but not mania: I'm just to bouncy talkie Frank overly Frank shockingly blatantly no sleep-havin manic to hide it. I've told off friends and nearly lost them

[Unrigged64072835]

I can't hide squat. My moods are so written on my face.

[LifeInProgress]

When I'm hypo I twitch and vibrate and bounce all over. People who don't know me well might think I just had one too many triple espressos, but people who know me can spot what it is.

If someone doesn't know me then I think I can easily hide it. It would go undetected as mental illness I'm pretty certain. My husband is usually the first to notice I'm acting hypo so I don't hide it so well with people who really know me in and out. If I know I'm hypo and want to keep it from someone I might be able to hide it from mom or hubby if I really tried. I might not be able to. I've never tried.

[CarriB]

My expressions are written all over my face. People who know me well know what's happening but people who don't either think I'm a crazy life of the party type or a giant jerk. Depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

[Theresa1991]

Same for me, for example with People I don't know I Kind of calm down and they will never know. But yesterday when I met the guy that I am currently dating and he said, calm down, you are very hyperactive, stop talking. They will realize if they know me. I Kind of automatically calm down when with strangers and when I am in a Group I also become the life of the Party.

[mossanimal]

I thought I could hide it.. but in retrospect I don't think I did. My pdocs kept wanting to put me on Abilify and I could not understand it and I resisted. I now know I was coming in with forced speech and lots of movement and just excited. I thought I was normal... but now that things are evening out I understand why they were wanting to temper some of the effects of the lamictal and my mild hypo behavior. I've still refused the Abilify.. but regardless I feel more 'normal' than I have in a long way. With your family it's hard to hide sleep patterns... and my wife knows something is up if I'm getting by on 4 hours of sleep...

One thing to consider now that I know what is going on with me.. the awareness of my behaviour kicks in with people outside of my family. I have a better feel for avoiding the 'forced speech' and talking over people and being overly excited by my ideas.

[mossanimal]

Originally Posted by Theresa1991

I am feeling reaaaally wired at the moment. When I am alone I dance and jump through the house, I talk to myself, I move constantly, tap my fingers and so on, I sing and rush and have a thousand things on my mind. I can't stop. But when I meet up with someone I don't. I still feel talkative and have problems to listen and to concentrate, but I stop the moving and being so overexcited. Does your hypo get better when you're out with someone or are you able to hide it?

Ha.... the dancing and jumping and running about.. and talking and singing and chanting and messes all over the place is my own red flag now that I understand myself better through this diagnosis. When I'm this way I literally sprint between my house and my shop and take laps around my 10 acres of woods, jumping over rocks, etc. I don't tend to do this when I have visitors or my wife can see me from the window. :-)

[seoultous]

Yes. I can hide it from most people. I tend to get irritable and have trouble staying focused on things but I can explain it away. My T and pdoc notice though. I have begged my pdoc to let me stay hypo and to his credit he trusted me and my meds enough to not do any adjustments to bring me down. He just gave me a stern warning. Of course I paid the price a few weeks later when I went in the opposite direction - which I knew I would.

[mossanimal]

This sounds like me and my Pdoc when she was wanting me to take the Abilify to temper the Lamictal instead of Zoloft I refused because I didn't want to come down. I was sleeping 4-5 hours a night at that time. And then I wrecked the house one night when my family was gone for the weekend. That ended them taking my advice. :-)

Originally Posted by seoultous

Yes. I can hide it from most people. I tend to get irritable and have trouble staying focused on things but I can explain it away. My T and pdoc notice though. I have begged my pdoc to let me stay hypo and to his credit he trusted me and my meds enough to not do any adjustments to bring me down. He just gave me a stern warning. Of course I paid the price a few weeks later when I went in the opposite direction - which I knew I would.

[Miss Laura]

Yes I am like you Theresa1991 I act the same as you do but then when I am around people I cool it down so that no one question's me and my ability to function. Last night I was wired and like you expressed in your post I was the exact same. Managed to get to bed and calmed myself right down so I could sleep. Functioning today but know I will be wired tonight again

[Theresa1991]

I am soooo wired, still, I can't stop moving even for a second, but then I miraculously become normal around people, except for when they know me real good. Anyway, I think I am flying higher and higher, the euphoria is slowly fading, but I move more and more and can't even really hide it anymore in front of others. I think it is Christmas getting closer, even though I don't even like it much, haha.

[dillpickle1983]

NO way can I hide it when i start to get manic. My roommates see it first then I end up inpatient. I get really angry and agitated and like to throw stuff.