I've been hypomanic for the past 4 days. For the most part, it has been a positive experience for me. I didn't crash and only experienced one day where I cycled between hypomania and agitation.
Today I'm starting to feel level, but I'm missing my mania.
Do any of you feel the same way after you come down from a hypomanic or manic episode? I *always* seem to have problems with this 2-3 days after my mood starts to level out.
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Atypical Bipolar I Disorder with Rapid Cycling
Meds:
Depakote 1500mg
Prozac 40mg
Risperdal 1mg titrating to 6mg/day
Klonopin .5mg (2x/day)
Trazodone 100mg or 200mg PRN
I've been hypomanic for the past 4 days. For the most part, it has been a positive experience for me. I didn't crash and only experienced one day where I cycled between hypomania and agitation.
Today I'm starting to feel level, but I'm missing my mania.
Do any of you feel the same way after you come down from a hypomanic or manic episode? I *always* seem to have problems with this 2-3 days after my mood starts to level out.
I've been hypomanic for the past 4 days. For the most part, it has been a positive experience for me. I didn't crash and only experienced one day where I cycled between hypomania and agitation.
Today I'm starting to feel level, but I'm missing my mania.
Do any of you feel the same way after you come down from a hypomanic or manic episode? I *always* seem to have problems with this 2-3 days after my mood starts to level out.
dreams,\
a part of me wishes i would! it's been over a year since mania when i thought i was happy but was actually hyper and thought i could handle anything! was working five jobs and juggling everything even voluntary work as well! no wonder i crashed so spectacularly (suicide failure!) but am tired of this deep depression and trying meds that don't really help. you give me hope though that i will eventually find the ones that help, hopefully before may!!
a part of me wishes i would! it's been over a year since mania when i thought i was happy but was actually hyper and thought i could handle anything! was working five jobs and juggling everything even voluntary work as well! no wonder i crashed so spectacularly (suicide failure!) but am tired of this deep depression and trying meds that don't really help. you give me hope though that i will eventually find the ones that help, hopefully before may!!
Five jobs? Wow! I don't know how you managed to survive!
I know what you're going through in regards to your severe depression. I experienced severe depression 95% of the time in the early 90s as well as in 1995 after I lost my hearing. It was debilitating.
Although I oftentimes hear people with bipolar say they wish they "only" had unipolar depression, I don't feel the same way. Since my bipolar lies more on the manic side, I'm glad to have periods where I feel really, really good, I'm creative, productive and can tackle 10 things at once. It is said that mania can be more dangerous than severe depression given how impulsive people are during a manic episode, but I still enjoy every minute of it.
Hang in there! If I could find the right med combo after being unstable for 1.5 years, you can too!
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Atypical Bipolar I Disorder with Rapid Cycling
Meds:
Depakote 1500mg
Prozac 40mg
Risperdal 1mg titrating to 6mg/day
Klonopin .5mg (2x/day)
Trazodone 100mg or 200mg PRN
Why would anyone want unipolar depression with no hope for at least a bit of "feeling good" once in a while. When my pdoc put me on Wellbruturn last week he actually said, now lets see if this makes you a hypomanic, cuz you need it badly right now!
Why would anyone want unipolar depression with no hope for at least a bit of "feeling good" once in a while. When my pdoc put me on Wellbruturn last week he actually said, now lets see if this makes you a hypomanic, cuz you need it badly right now!
kat
Unfortunately it didn't work, but oh well.
Kat,
From what people have explained to me, they feel this way because if they're depressed, at least it's a linear emotion and they don't have to worry about cycling between mania, normal mood and severe depression. (I tend to hear this alot from ultradian rapid cyclers like myself.)
When you're depressed, you're depressed and in many cases, an anti-depressant can be given to help relieve your symptoms. Some people with bipolar can't take anti-depressants because it induces mania even if they are taking one or more mood stabilizers at the same time.
When I think about it this way, their feelings do make sense.
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Atypical Bipolar I Disorder with Rapid Cycling
Meds:
Depakote 1500mg
Prozac 40mg
Risperdal 1mg titrating to 6mg/day
Klonopin .5mg (2x/day)
Trazodone 100mg or 200mg PRN
Last edited by dreams in neon; 04-08-2009 at 05:37 AM.
