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Posted by pinkeye on July 26, 2005, at 19:23:56
Some strange thing always happens on the days when I feel good about myself.. I become so hyper active and hyper energetic, and I can't work or concentrate or anything..and I feel suffocated to sit in front of a computer and work..
It happens every time I become happy.. I almsot become like a monster with so much of energy, and it is difficult to cope up with me.. I wanted to go swimming yesterday in the evening at 9 after I went back home from work, and my husband is wondering what is wrong with me, but I just couldn't stay at home.
The past three days were like this.. I have become so hyper, and nothing I do is enough.. And I am feeling so suffocated to stay at work, or to stay at home.. I want to do so many things - watch movies, drive, go for swimming, talk to people etc.. And I suppose in a general sense it is good to do all that, but the problem is I become so extremely hyper and I end up getting suffocated and end up in a headache.. and I am not able to sit at one place and work.
Posted by pinkeye on July 26, 2005, at 19:36:26
In reply to Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.., posted by pinkeye on July 26, 2005, at 19:23:56
And I feel like playing something - Tennis or something like that, and my arthritis won't allow me to do it.. And on days like this, I don't like staying in the US - I want to go back to India so badly. Life is little boring here for me.. And I don't like to stay with my husband also.. he also becomes boring. And frankly, I don't know what to do with so much of energy.. I hope I don't come across as arrogant or boasting.. I am actually feeling so very suffocated, not knowing how to direct all this.
Have any of you experienced this kind of extreme hyper energy??
Posted by rabble_rouser on July 27, 2005, at 3:32:25
In reply to Re: Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.. » pinkeye, posted by pinkeye on July 26, 2005, at 19:36:26
Hi Pinkeye,
Yes I totally indentify with that. Sometimes when I feel good, there's this little 'tickling' sensation in my chest which makes my voice wobble, I have loads of energy and I have a desire to jump round the house singing nonsense songs. I especially seem to get this in the shower!
I wondered for a time if I might be bi-polar, though I found (rightly or wrongly) that I identified much more with Borderline Personlity Disorder, which has strong, rapid mood swings.
I did mention this to my therpist once and I guess he didnt know what to do with it, because we didnt really talk about it :(
I am sorry to hear how bad it makes you feel. I hope it doesnt make you fear being happy?
Ross
Posted by Sonya on July 27, 2005, at 6:56:23
In reply to Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.., posted by pinkeye on July 26, 2005, at 19:23:56
I experienced the same uncomfortable high energy when I was rapid cycling on antidepressants...couldn't sit still, paced around the house, talked nonstop on the phone (no one could get a word in edgewise). I normally hate shopping but when I got like that, I could spend hours picking out one item. This is hypomania/mania. So I was diagnosed as bipolar. I still dispute the diagnosis because I never had the history before being treated with AD's.
Are you on any medication? Do you have a diagnosis?
Posted by pinkeye on July 27, 2005, at 13:15:14
In reply to Re: Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.., posted by rabble_rouser on July 27, 2005, at 3:32:25
Thanks Rabble. I have brought this up to my T and she says there is no Bipolar or Borderline or any other problems. But maybe I have Bipolar.. I don't know.
Posted by pinkeye on July 27, 2005, at 13:17:14
In reply to Re: Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.., posted by Sonya on July 27, 2005, at 6:56:23
Thanks Sonya.. No I am not on any medication.. Haven't been in any for more than 2 years now.. Only once I had taken a course of effexor for a year - 70 mg.
I have been diagnosed as mild OCD ish depressive symptoms by my current T..My ex T I think diagnosed me the same..
Posted by rabble_rouser on July 27, 2005, at 17:26:03
In reply to Re: Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.. » rabble_rouser, posted by pinkeye on July 27, 2005, at 13:15:14
Hmm so good or bad news? Sometimes I think its just nice to know, to have a 'catch-all' reason for all this stuff.
I dont know if you feel the same, but I find it frustrating that I should have these funny little quirks - I'm not sure why but I view them as weaknesses, when maybe I should just see them as human qualities. They're only a pain in the *ss when they happen at work - it affects my rationality!
In a way that was why I felt happy when I read about BPD - finally a one-size-fits-all reason for my, well, personality!
Anyway I'm rambling - hope you find some relief.
:)
Rabble
Posted by pinkeye on July 27, 2005, at 17:32:08
In reply to Re: Hyper energetic when happy and it is a problem.., posted by rabble_rouser on July 27, 2005, at 17:26:03
For now, I am sort of ok with the hyper thingy - I don't act out or act like a maniac with others.. Just that I feel hard to contain the energy..
But I have felt that all along in my life, I have been a little high energy person. I always had more stamina and energy and enthu than many people and even though my mental depression and problems made it little worse and drained me a little bit and I was sad and depressed, I was still comparitively high energy individual than the rest of the group. Even heights of depression didn't impair my energy that much.. That is why my ex T even got confused in diagnosing me.. I was still funcitoning well in job, and I was eating, sleeping, talking normally and rationally etc.. only that I was crying and sad and throwing things.. he thought I was just being a jerk whereas I was really depressed..
So for now, I am not going to bother about this hyper thing I suppose.. Maybe I will just attribute it to that I need to do more on those days. It would have been nice if I could have done some physical activity like play sports so I can drain myself of some excess energy on those days, but unfortunately I am not able to do anything because of my arthritis.
> Hmm so good or bad news? Sometimes I think its just nice to know, to have a 'catch-all' reason for all this stuff.
>
> I dont know if you feel the same, but I find it frustrating that I should have these funny little quirks - I'm not sure why but I view them as weaknesses, when maybe I should just see them as human qualities. They're only a pain in the *ss when they happen at work - it affects my rationality!
>
> In a way that was why I felt happy when I read about BPD - finally a one-size-fits-all reason for my, well, personality!
>
> Anyway I'm rambling - hope you find some relief.
>
> :)
>
> Rabble
Posted by rabble_rouser on July 27, 2005, at 18:14:43
In reply to Thanks.. as of now, they are not that big an issue » rabble_rouser, posted by pinkeye on July 27, 2005, at 17:32:08
thats good to hear - maybe sometimes we do need to just accept some things we can't change ... Its good that you can use the high energy productively.
I have to say I really identify with what you have said about not fitting the templates / therapists not being sure. I've always had some contradictory elements to my problems, but then, as you'll hear me say often, the UK is still in medieval times when it comes to a lot of this stuff so I dunno if its me or them!
They can be a little vague - Unless you sell your house to pay for it.
Hehe Im being a grumpy sod cos Im tired.
Night all
Ross
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