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Apr 03, 2017, 10:51 AM
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I'm new to bipolar. So I have a lot of questions. I'm medicated. But I wonder if my medication isn't where it's supposed to be. I'm not hypomanic for the full 4 days. But I am hypomanic for at least two days. No sleep and hyper the next, plus racing thoughts and heightened sexuality. Could It be possible to only be hypomanic for 2 days?
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Apr 03, 2017, 11:13 AM
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Apr 03, 2017, 11:37 AM
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I find almost anything is possible with bipolar. I personally have weeks long hypomanias and full mania at times.
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Apr 03, 2017, 11:41 AM
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I'm also fairly new to having a Bipolar diagnosis, but I've already learnt to not trust the meds 100% after a near manic episode, despite having had a meds increase a few days earlier.
I'd imagine it's entirely possible to be hypomanic for shorter periods of time than the full 4 days, and I'm pretty sure like yourself I've had 2-3 day long hypomanic periods before. |
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Apr 03, 2017, 01:43 PM
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Totally possible. Seems like anything is possible with BP like someone else said. It's just that it's not recognized as an episode in terms of the DSM (the 4 day rule). Doesn't mean it doesn't exist if it's not 4 days.
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Apr 03, 2017, 03:28 PM
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If you have a mixed episode does it automatically put you in BP1 instead of BP2?
edit: I'm asking this because I'm normally hypomaniac, but I believe I have mixed episodes and need to discuss this with my doctor.
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Apr 03, 2017, 04:19 PM
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It use to mean bp1 but they changed so you can be bp2 with mixed. I think they realized mixed episodes happen across the spectrum
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Apr 03, 2017, 04:33 PM
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Apr 03, 2017, 05:55 PM
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Mixed features can be bp1 or 2 and is considered a "specifer" in the new DSM
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
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Apr 03, 2017, 06:20 PM
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Thanks guys!
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| Wild Coyote
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Apr 03, 2017, 08:08 PM
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Thank you guys very much. Just realized I was reading outdated books on bipolar.
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27 y.o. dx:bipolar II with self-harm and dissociative features; BPD rx: paroxetine hcl 20mg; lithium 450mg, quetiapine 200mg; fluoxetine 20mg; clonazepam for emergencies only; zolpiden for emergencies only |
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