[DatPuSeaCatLuvr]

I have these times when I randomly get super happy, energentic and confident...but it isn't hypomania or mania I don't believe because it doesn't last more than a day. Does anyone else either with BPD or without) have this? I hate to question it because it feels soooooo good but I overthink everything. Haha.

[ReddSN]

Originally Posted by DatPuSeaCatLuvr

I have these times when I randomly get super happy, energentic and confident...but it isn't hypomania or mania I don't believe because it doesn't last more than a day. Does anyone else either with BPD or without) have this? I hate to question it because it feels soooooo good but I overthink everything. Haha.

I do, but then it makes me nervous. Nothing good in my life comes without bad, so when I do feel happy I never enjoy it, I'm waiting for the shoe to drop.

[DatPuSeaCatLuvr]

Yeah...this time it was completely random. Went from a good mood (I have a new friend I'm visiting tonight) then randomly I got super happy, hyper and confident for about half an hour...now I'm still in a good mood but kinda anxious, my heart is racing. I'm also getting tired lol.

[salsharia]

Originally Posted by DatPuSeaCatLuvr

I have these times when I randomly get super happy, energentic and confident...but it isn't hypomania or mania I don't believe because it doesn't last more than a day. Does anyone else either with BPD or without) have this? I hate to question it because it feels soooooo good but I overthink everything. Haha.

I get this! Mine also lasts a maximum of 1 day or even half a day. I feel electrified and I want to do everything, I love everyone, I am super productive and efficient at work, confident, friendly, I talk fast. The downside is that I can be irritable and have a hard time focusing on just one task or sitting too long. But I don't think it is hypomania or mania either because I don't exude reckless behaviour and it doesn't last a full day, so I still sleep at night. Usually by that point I have come down and normally I wake up the next day feeling depressed and exhausted.

[DatPuSeaCatLuvr]

Well good then I feel less weird! Yeah, I do have several reckless behaviors but they don't exclusively happen when I feel this way, they happen all the time. I think. Maybe. I haven't paid that close attention to a pattern. O.O

[Happy Camper]

I get this too on occasion, sometimes randomly and sometimes if my mood becomes really negative and dysphoric, I might explode in the opposite direction for a few hours and sometimes weakly for a few days.

I was mistakenly diagnosed bipolar 1 because my rapid and severe stress related mood swings were interpreted as a mixed episode by a doctor who didn't even observe them.
I think this has little or nothing to do with actual hypo/mania. I've never gotten the impression it's a random chemical imbalance and this is supported by the fact that I don't respond at all to bipolar mood stabilizers or anti psychotics.

Although I'm not diagnosed BPD, I believe borderlines lack certain emotional and cognitive breaks, meaning you if start to feel good or bad, your brain may exaggerate this and you end up inappropriately happy or sad, or whatever combination of emotions and feelings. An inpatient doctor once said I have mood disinhbition and described it like that.

[la doctora]

Originally Posted by salsharia

I get this! Mine also lasts a maximum of 1 day or even half a day. I feel electrified and I want to do everything, I love everyone, I am super productive and efficient at work, confident, friendly, I talk fast. The downside is that I can be irritable and have a hard time focusing on just one task or sitting too long. But I don't think it is hypomania or mania either because I don't exude reckless behaviour and it doesn't last a full day, so I still sleep at night. Usually by that point I have come down and normally I wake up the next day feeling depressed and exhausted.

Took the words right out of my mouth! This is me exactly.

[Altinak]

I also get this on occasion, it's like all of a sudden a fog has lifted and I become super excited about everything and I want to do everything and I believe I can. It brings along thoughts of "I'm all better", productivity, hyperness and like yous said confidence. I used to get this a lot when I was going out every weekend a few months back.

I would go around and be all cocky, confident and feel on top of the world. Even when I was staying in and drinking, and I would hit a high and life was wonderful. Like yous said, the dreaded comedown must be avoided so I used to end up frantically avoid this but it never worked for long.

When I look to these sort of periods, it almost feels delusional. Like a false sense of self? But I'm sure as yous know, people that have borderline experience moods differently, in the sense that they become all consuming and single-fixed. Therefore, although you logically know there is going to be a downfall, at that time the delusional thoughts of being ALL better, and EVERYTHING is amazing is attributed to that consuming happiness. Just like a depressive mood would conjure up thoughts of, it will NEVER get better. I CAN NEVER do these things.

Gotta love black and white thinking... >.>;'