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Old Apr 17, 2017, 12:59 PM
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My pdoc knows I've been hypo for about 2 months and the only thing he's concerned about is the 3-4 hrs of sleep, impulsivity and maxed credit cards. He put me on a low dose of lithium but said I didn't have to take it if I didn't like it. Said if I wanted to stay hypo the rest of my life I could.

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Old Apr 17, 2017, 01:33 PM
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Things like impulsivity and maxed credit cards are a real problem, IMHO. Granted your shrink doesn't have to bring you down from the heights of mania, but buying things you can't afford has real consequences in the future.
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Old Apr 17, 2017, 03:39 PM
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It's hard to put a classification on something which is essentially a spectrum. I just think of it as.. how bad was I? How expensive the damage? How expensive the impulse buying? One thing that I always think of when it comes to a lot of classic manic behavior.. stuff like flying off to Thailand on a whim, buying a boat driving home from work, etc... you have to be financially CAPABLE of doing these things no matter what the impulse. I suppose if you go rob a bank to do these things.... Manic.
I like the idea of thinking of it as more of a spectrum rather than it being either column A or column B. I've never experienced the grandiose thoughts or psychosis which I've been told are what are needed to make a true manic diagnosis, but from what I've read on here, it's not as simple as that, right?
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Old Apr 17, 2017, 03:54 PM
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I've experienced both and recognise their differences. I will have periods of elation with the classic side symptoms. For example I will have very little sleep, do art from 8am to 8pm without a break, be easily agitated, etc, etc. I do not engage in risky behaviour though and don't have the delusions of grandeur that are hallmarks of all out mania. The main thing is that when I am hypomanic I have a self-awareness that doesn't exist with mania. I am able to recognise the state I am in and able to say I need help.
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Old Apr 17, 2017, 05:45 PM
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I think the reason for having to have a certain number of symptoms is because forcexampke not sleeping by itself can be caused my a million things
impulsivity with say shopping by itself happens to ppl all over the world without bipolar etc. people cause damage to themselves in so many ways even when not bipolar
for me it's the feeling the energy the separate disorder you can almost touch who is running the show at the time when I can say yes that was an episode
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Old Apr 17, 2017, 07:41 PM
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I've never had mania, only hypo and mixed episodes. Hypomania feels nice at the beginning and 100% of the times I get that "hey, so this is how 'normal' people feel?". I feel productive and energized, I do all-nighters working and become expansive. Then it starts to get tiring, I can't sleep, I become aggressive towards people and/or jealous towards my bf OR I just don't care about him at all. I also get way too jumpy towards alcohol or drugs. This has never escalated into mania though.

But it has already escalated into mixed episode and then things get bad. I get self-destructive and suicidal. I'll write pages, pages and more pages of senseless ****, dissociate and talk to myself in the mirror... well... not nice.
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