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Default May 25, 2023 at 03:06 PM
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I'm searching for a way slow/stop rapid cycling. And is that the same as a mixed state? And does anyone else get depression and hypomania at the same time. Not on minute to the next but literally combined?

I'm just looking for someone who understands and maybe has some pointers.
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Yes I get mixed states. They’re hell!

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Default May 26, 2023 at 12:17 AM
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Yes i do and it drives me into a wall everytime. Coping mechanism for me is distraction and distance
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Default May 26, 2023 at 01:50 AM
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I'm searching for a way slow/stop rapid cycling. And is that the same as a mixed state? And does anyone else get depression and hypomania at the same time. Not on minute to the next but literally combined?

I'm just looking for someone who understands and maybe has some pointers.


Rapid cycling is 3 (4?) episodes per year.
Mixed episodes are depression and (hypo) at the same time and they are hell. I used to get them all the time before this med cocktail. It's been a while since I've had one after that.

Feel free to ask more if I didn't answer your questions fully. And welcome to MSF!

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I'm searching for a way slow/stop rapid cycling. And is that the same as a mixed state? And does anyone else get depression and hypomania at the same time. Not on minute to the next but literally combined?

I'm just looking for someone who understands and maybe has some pointers.
Mixed states are episodes that include symptoms of depression simultaneously with some symptoms of hypomania or mania. Sometimes these episodes can waver as to which symptoms dominate, within the episode.

Rapid cycling can be pure episodes (all depression or all hypomania or mixed episode) but the "rapid cycling" means you have several switches within a year (or month or week or in some cases faster).

I have found that the choice of medication(s) you are prescribed can be helpful for both of the above. More "classic" presentations of bipolar disorder can require other types.

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Default May 26, 2023 at 09:26 PM
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I've had this as well-it's awful! My brain goes at mania speed but the depression keeps me in bed...
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Default May 27, 2023 at 05:54 PM
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I've been mixed/primarily manic before and it was awful. It ended with an overdose while alone with my daughter (who was four at the time). Absolutely awful. Ruined my life at the time. Things are better now though I haven't had an episode like that in seven (six?) years now.i wasn't on a AP at the time.

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I used to have them frequently and would end
Up destroying my life. It’s been three years since my last ip stay which is
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