Getting sick physically after hypomania - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

seaturtle · 05-10-2009, 07:40 PM

Hello, every good person here,

Wanted to ask if anyone else gets physically ill after speeding around. I usually have weekdays filled with appointments and as many community activities as I can manage and am very active. Almost inevitably, Friday or Saturday I wake up sick, as if I had flu - headache, nausea, weak, very depressed. This only lasts one day, but it forces me to rest physically.

It's a mood swing from up to way down, but it plays itself out physically, too.

Anyone else?

Thanks, and I hope all is well with you all.

Seaturtle

Llama · 05-10-2009, 07:45 PM

Hi seaturtle. I dont' get phsyically sick after hypomania. Maybe some others can help you out more.

I do get fatigued and most of the time very depressed though after hypomania/mania.

Bunnylover · 05-11-2009, 08:24 AM

I don't know that it's the same thing, but I tend to emerge exhausted, because I'll work 16 hour days when I'm manic and not eat much of anything. I'm having trouble this time, because my latest hypomanic phase seems to have plummeted me into depression, so I'm still having trouble eating much more than a light dinner.

Since it's only lasting one day in your case, it seems like you should just accept that, and take extra care of yourself that day--try to get some sleep, eat well if you can.

dreams in neon · 05-11-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by seaturtle

Hello, every good person here,

Wanted to ask if anyone else gets physically ill after speeding around. I usually have weekdays filled with appointments and as many community activities as I can manage and am very active. Almost inevitably, Friday or Saturday I wake up sick, as if I had flu - headache, nausea, weak, very depressed. This only lasts one day, but it forces me to rest physically.

It's a mood swing from up to way down, but it plays itself out physically, too.

Anyone else?

Thanks, and I hope all is well with you all.

Seaturtle

Seaturtle,

It's common for people to feel depressed and exhausted after a manic/hypomanic episode because of the stress it places on the body.

After I have a hypomanic or manic episode, I feel extremely tired, have bad headaches or migraines and feel flat/depressed/emotionless.

What you're experiencing is the body's way of recovering from the overstimulation caused by mania. The brain is also affected in this regard since we lose brain cells with every manic episode we have although creativity and intelligence aren't negatively affected as a result.

Llama · 05-11-2009, 03:25 PM

Dreams I'm glad to hear you say that creativity and intelligence are not affected by losing brain cells because of manic or depressive episodes. My pdoc told me otherwise. He doesn't seem to know what he is talking about. But I don't know though because I do fear that I'm dumber after this last episode. Like I'll never get back to where I was intellectually originally. I used to be smarter, I swear.