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I went to my Pdoc today. I had called yesterday with a question. I am currently weepy - I cry easily, and not based on any experienced emotion. Fast forward through my conversation with her today. I've been really productive lately. Not getting a lot of sleep, but manageable. I've organized things, cleaned, simplified, cooked, baked, made handmade gifts just because, and more.
We were talking about whether this is normal energy for me, or if I am teetering on the edge of a hypomania. I told her it had been so long since I was in any sort of balanced state that I am not sure if my current state is my healthy baseline, or not. Anybody else experience this? What is normal for you? I am not sure for me yet. __________________ Bipolar II, GAD Lamotrigine 250 ER Abilify 2 mg Sertraline 25 mg Lorazepam as needed Anxious/ pissed off about the state of the world....all...the..time.. |
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Sounds like your mood is "up", but are you still depressed? Just wondering if you're mixed or (hypo)manic. That's all.
I can tell the difference between my "normal mood" and my "(hypo)manic mood". Usually when I'm more productive, getting minimal sleep, feeling energetic, etc like you, I'm turning (hypo)manic |
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Bluebicyle that's my concern, that I am turning hypo again. Yikes.
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I FEEL like I'm hypomanic if I'm running between my house and shop, singing and chanting, impatient, getting distracted by something as I'm going to do something else, etc. I also start rhyming and alliterating. I don't this ALL the time.. there are longish periods when I'm just chill. When I'm really depressed you KNOW it because I'm a slug.
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By the way.. I do wonder if you are mixed. When I'm mixed I'm moving like crazy but very angry all the time, even more impatient and irritable, can get so frustrated to the point of tears. I can be very productive and have suicidal thoughts at the same time like this. This is when I'm a danger to myself.
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Mixed is usually " hell on earth " as in on your bathroom floor with a toothbrush bawling your eyes out unable to sleep and in a productive cleaning frenzy (thanks BipolarRn for that long lasting description)
For me if I notice a large lack of sleep I have chronic insomnia , but by day 4-5 I am in a ugly mixed. It's not abnormal to see a mood fluctuate in a day. Watching your sleep pattern is the best way to keep an eye on things. __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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