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Dec 23, 2012, 04:13 PM
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So, I have been dxed with the depressive-type of schizoaffective, but I after analyzing my past am beginning to think that I may have the bipolar-type as I think I have experienced mild mania. It wasn't until I read about mania that I thought I may be experienced it. Below is a copy of an email (names removed) I sent to my T asking what she thought. Still waiting for a reply from her, maybe she is out of town for the holidays, so I thought I would post here for input as well.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. W, I have a question that you may or may not be able to answer. After analyzing my own behavior over the past couple of months, I think I may have experienced some mild manic episodes...but I am not sure if I did or not. The most recent was about a week and a half ago. I got paid on the Friday 14th and had spent almost the entire $650 paycheck by the following Tuesday. Now mind you $170 of that was to pay for my ticket from the wreck I was in after Thanksgiving, so that was something that "had" to be taken care of. But the rest of the check was just blown on stuff I didn't need to buy (i.e. gift cards to McDonald's for the boys in the class I work in....I had already gotten then the books that put them in the story, they didn't need gift cards too, but at the time I thought they did). As well, the Sunday before that Friday was the night I was up at 3am and emailed you...all that week I was up late and only got 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night and would still feel well-rested. Usually I need 8 or 9 hours sleep to be rested. Was this a manic episode? Or just poor judgement? About 2 or 3 weeks before that I also was finding that I was well rested after only 3 or 4 hours sleep and having "sexual" urges. I've never had sex (still a virgin), but I got the idea that I needed to have it and thought about finding a random guy online to meet those needs. I didn't act on it as I knew it would be "unsafe", but just the fact that I had the idea scares me now. Was this possibly a manic episode? Or just maybe hormones playing a trick on me? Around November 15th (when I got paid) I went on a spree of spending half my paycheck on clothes (not that I needed them...I have plenty and they all fit). That time I was still sleeping normal though. Would you just call these "poor judgement" moments or mild manic moments? I know there have been other situations in my past that are similar to those I have described, but I don't remember them well enough to analyze them. Pre-meds, I was extremely irritable and always on edge never knowing when I would say something I shouldn't. I can remember when I was living in Sanford (when I first saw a psychiatrist) calling a class of students idiots because they didn't understand the math I was teaching. I was on edge for a while even while on meds, until we got to the right dose. I never took a mood stabilizer...my original psychiatrist said the antipsychotic would help with the chatter and the irritability. I'm just worried I may be having manic episodes and wanted a professional's opinion on the matter. What do you think of all of this? I wanted to ask you what you thought before mentioning any of it to Dr. V. If you would call these mild mania...I should probably let him know right? I remember reading somewhere a while ago that anti-depressants can cause mania in some people. I'm just afraid that if I tell Dr. V, he will try to add another med to the ones I am already taking and I don't know how I feel about that. If I truly am having manic moments, I probably do need something, but I'd rather not have to go there. What is your take on all of this? Please let me know. Thanks in advance. ----------------------------------------------------------- I took a few mania quizes online and all but one of them came back as me having mild mania. Should I be concerned? I figured I'd ask T about this before admitting it to pdoc as T may be able to shed some light, while pdoc has the ability to just slap on another med. |
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Dec 23, 2012, 08:46 PM
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T still has not responded...very unlike her, maybe she really is out of town. Got the courage to reword myself though and shoot off an email to pdoc about the possible mania to see what he thinks, since he responded to my email to ealier this weekend about drug interaction possibilities, so he is in town.
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Dec 24, 2012, 12:02 AM
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I don't think you're manic at all, personally.
Those are little incidental things. If you were doing say, all of those things in one day X10 for a week, then maybe. |
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Dec 24, 2012, 02:35 PM
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Sounds like some of my hypomanic episodes.
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Dec 24, 2012, 05:38 PM
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Dec 26, 2012, 07:11 PM
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Well T responded to the email earlier this afternoon. She thinks I was having hypomanic episodes and that I need to let my pdoc know since I may need a med increased, decreased, or added.
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Dec 28, 2012, 08:42 PM
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Well keep us posted about what your pdoc thinks. I actually might be going into hypomania but not sure because my parents are coming home from a trip to Florida and maybe I just want it clean for them not sure. Take care.
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