Posted by Ritch on January 2, 2005, at 18:00:29
In reply to Are these Hypomanias » SLS, posted by Mr.Scott on January 2, 2005, at 17:13:34
>...Here's my experiences of what I'll call hypomania.
Those fit my experiences, especially the giddy, full of jokes part. It is like being stoned on pot and not smoking anything. Everything's funny. When that's happening, do you ever get any short-lived "surges" where you kind of just start "rocketing"? I especially notice these when taking SSRI's at anything close to standard doses. Another thing that gets me concerned is the feeling that *everything* is important and interrelated to everything else. A term I like to use is "glowing with significance". I start getting superstitious-"there are NO accidents", etc.
>...Keep in mind no physician has ever claimed to have seen me in a hypomanic state and I've seen the doc for 4 years.
I've been nearly that high and had appointments and found it relatively easy to "hide" that-I didn't have to really try. If you aren't feeling miserable, it's fairly easy to stick to a topic or two and in no time you are out of there anyway. If the doc had to hang out with me throughout the day, they might get a better idea.
>...He once said I was in a mixed state from what I described.
The Prozac+Wellbutrin thing certainly sounds like it to me.
>...(to come down I used 3 different mood stabilizers and slept all day and night Sunday).
When I have an impulsive hostility episode I boost up the Depakote and add some Trileptal for a day or two to settle it down. It would settle down on its own after a few days, but I don't want to risk things.. the unpredictability of events makes me too panicky.. kind of like driving on icy roads.
>...Keep in mind there have been hundreds more smaller scale events like these that lasted only a day or two where I was activated, hostile, highly productive, anxious or even obsessed with intense violent thoughts.
Definitely sounds like rapid-cycling bipolar to me. I'm taking practically nil doses of antidepressants over the last year or two... and I must say that I've felt more stable during this time time than ever. Can't seem to completely ditch SSRI's though. It is like they are a substance abuse problem in themselves!
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