[MuddyBoots]

Does anyone else experience something like this?

At the beginning of a depressive episode you counteract the depression with an increase in activity in hopes to prevent a full blown depression?
In my case lately I've been more sexually active, hiking a bunch, buying more stuff than usual but it's not out of being impulsive it's simply to just not feel like a steamy pile of ****.
Or maybe I'm describing a mixed episode? I don't feel any bit manic (minimal agitation, sleeping is fine, no racing thoughts) and all my actions are purposeful.

[*Beth*]

What you've described is what would feel to me like a mixed state. Except I think I would be having racing thoughts. But I always have racing thoughts, unless I'm heavily medicated.

[Fuzzybear]

I think it would feel like a mixed state to me also. I also have racing thoughts (ugh).

Yeah, it makes sense that increase in activity could look like hypomania to others, but is actually us trying to stop a full blown depressive episode. (I think I've been doing that today, been feeling like that steamy pile of ****, but not hiding away like I often do when feeling like that)

[Soupe du jour]

Mixed state is also what came to my mind.

[Nammu]

Sounds like desperation to me. Doing things in a frantic attempt to stave off depression. Yeah I can see how that would look like hypo. But without the racing thoughts and sleep deprivation it just seems desperate. I get that, very much understand that. I do it too.