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#1
Jun 11, 2018, 12:00 PM
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My mood doesn't change gradually. I wake up one morning and boom: depressed. Just curious how others experience mood changes, like a light switch or gradual?
(Interestingly, when I experience psychosis that comes on gradually. It's the total opposite with moods.)
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Jun 11, 2018, 12:07 PM
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Speaking for myself, I change personality like 2 to 6 or u times a day. I try to write it all down, but not even I can understand it.
You might just need a break from routine. It helps |
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Jun 11, 2018, 12:08 PM
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I had heaps of psychosis when I was on Zyprexa...
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Jun 11, 2018, 01:32 PM
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Mine is a light switch |
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Jun 11, 2018, 01:53 PM
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It depends. Usually I'm gradually more hypomanic around this time because of the season and all the light. Other times it's event-triggered. I'm more concerned because once the kids move out I'll feel more wanting to fix this house to sell, which may go into mania. Then I'll just have no cruise control until I crash.
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Jun 11, 2018, 02:00 PM
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Light switch; out of the blue.
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#7
Jun 11, 2018, 02:01 PM
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It varies. Usually light-switch, though.
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Jun 11, 2018, 02:11 PM
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Psychosis happens within a few days. I deteriorate very quickly
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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#9
Jun 11, 2018, 05:05 PM
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I go gradually into episodes, but light-switch out of them. It’s not always 100% out of them, but I can tell when I have turned the proverbial corner.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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#10
Jun 11, 2018, 08:08 PM
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#11
Jun 11, 2018, 09:09 PM
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Light switch.
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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Jun 11, 2018, 10:22 PM
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Pookyl ———————————————————————————— BP1, GAD, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Claustrophobia Psych meds: Saphris, Seroquel XR, regular Seroquel. PRN Diazepam and Zopiclone |
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#13
Jun 11, 2018, 11:24 PM
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Generally light switch, especially going in. Coming out can be more gradual.
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Jun 11, 2018, 11:28 PM
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Jun 12, 2018, 08:04 AM
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Definitely gradual except if I am going into a mixed episode. That dysphoria just smacks me right across the face out of nowhere...
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Jun 12, 2018, 08:13 AM
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More of the switch
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#17
Jun 12, 2018, 10:18 AM
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Light switch for me.
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Jun 12, 2018, 04:25 PM
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I think mine are a combination of light switch and gradual.
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Jun 12, 2018, 04:31 PM
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I havent been okay in almost a year.... due to situational
I do go between gradual and absolute light switch Sucks
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#20
Jun 12, 2018, 04:34 PM
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I've experienced both gradual and "light switch", but most often gradual. The gradual changes have sometimes prevented me from having as much insight into my mood changes as would've been good.
What is often more "light switch" is my change from hypomania to full blown mania. I have a tendency to become hypomanic and then stay hypomanic for quite a while (even up to months), then something triggers it to the next level, and BOOM!. When it does, psychosis can often start quickly, too. Another thing that happens light switch for me is going from euphoric full blown manic to full blown manic with mixed features. That can happen within hours or even minutes, in a couple of cases. |
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#21
Jun 12, 2018, 06:37 PM
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Light switch start and then often worsens gradually. Recovery from depression is always gradual. Recovery form hypomania can be either but most often gradual.
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#22
Jun 12, 2018, 06:50 PM
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I've experienced both. Usually, it's sudden, but sometimes not, especially when heading toward depression. Getting hypomanic tends to be more sudden for me, but once there, I will gradually work up to full-blown mania if I don't put a stop to it.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine, There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in. --Leonard Cohen |
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Jun 12, 2018, 06:56 PM
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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#24
Jun 12, 2018, 11:00 PM
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Gradual rise into psychotic mania; light switch depression is the common rule (there have been some exceptions)
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***** Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now Tori Amos ~ Crucify Dx: Schizoaffective Disorder |
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#25
Jun 13, 2018, 12:08 AM
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It's very gradual. Takes days or weeks. And it's very subtle. Sneaky even. I can go from normal to manic or even psychotic without even noticing it until people point it out to me.
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I>/\\/ Dx: Bipolar I w/ mixed features, BPD, ADHD, Anxiety, Gender dysphoria, ASD |
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