Part 5 - When is Bipolar Hypomania More than Simply Feeling Good?
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In this video series, Drs. Russ Federman and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., authors of Facing Bipolar: The Young Adult's Guide to Dealing With Bipolar Disorder, engage in a detailed discussion about living a healthy life with bipolar disorder. For more information on their book as well as extensive resources pertaining to bipolar disorder and young adulthood, go to: www.bipolaryoun...; or interact with the bipolar community on facebook at / 194165774013309 .
For about the pat 5/6 days I have been having felt giddy, exciteable, my happiness feels euphoric and I'm somewhat dizzy, things look bright and crisp as if my eyesight is better, and I have more energy than I usually do. I have been waking up in the middle of the night after only a few hours asleep and feeling fully rested. This stands out to me as I have spent the majority of my life lethargic, with very low energy, feeling depressed and lacking motivation. Nobody has ever diagnosed me with bipolar so I don't know if I am or not, but I have noticed that when my bouts of depression break and I feel happy for a few days, I often feel giddy and in some way it resembles a buzz similar to being on drugs. Usually when I experienced this in the past, it didn't impact my sleep though, or it didn't stand out enough to notice, but this past week that seems very different and after only sleeping 2/3 hours per night, I am still full of energy and awake. My usual low-self esteem has dissipated and I feel generally happier, though sometimes I am irritable. I spent my whole life oversleeping, never getting up on time, snoozing, sleeping til the last minute, feeling groggy for hours after waking, and to all of a sudden be experience the oppoisite of that is a shock and completely unprecedented. There are positives to it of course and I prefer it over feeling lethargic and depressed, but I am not sure if I should be conerned.
These sound like textbook symptoms of bipolar. I am bipolar as well. You should definitely seek help. All the best!
You just described me, a diagnosed bipolar.
This was the best advice I ever heard, and I believe most fitting advice to give someone.
Dude you kick ass I'm real proud of you I live with bipolar 2 syndrome myself everyday I know what you go through
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Me: “Is mid-range how people feel day to day ???????”
That’s my thought too!
During hypomania I sleep a lot less than usual and I'm still energetic, talkative, optimistic, have rapid thoughts, can read faster, see colors more vibrant and vivid, start shaking with all the energy and I want to do impulsive stuff like jumping from a third floor because I think I'll fly or may believe everyone wants to befriend me 😂
I think the key symptom to watch out for is loss of sleep. In hypomania you sleep less and with full blown mania you might largely stop sleeping.
Bullseye!
What about during your depressive episode? Do you usually oversleep?
Yuri Takahashi sometimes
I've Been up for 80 hours with less than 7 hours sleep during this time. 🤯😃 rationally I know I need to sleep, but i'm not tired and my thoughts are racing.
klv19xx I know what u mean, it's like u can b tired but ur brain won't slow down enough to b physically capable of even being able to reach a REM cycle..not even close sometimes!!!😣😵😲
I have been misdiagnosed with bipolar.I always feel good around people but that's about it.Abnormally good.Euphoric even.But when I am alone, I am mostly normal, or down.I don't sleep though, never have, but it's just draining, I never felt energized the day after, never overspent(bit stingy even).I was on Zyprexa and I was sedated most of the time, but that euphoria with people around me, never went away.Hence the doctors said I'm just an insomniac.I now take 2.5 zyprexa(can't shake it),remeron
When, my confidence is sky high and im feeling euphoric i talk to everyone, even to people i don't know. I feel like im on fast forward.. I may be this now. Am i hypomanic. Im never sure.....
Very 1st red flag I notice is that I stop getting tired. I don't have increased energy and I'm still sleeping, but I don't get tired. I feel at 9 o'clock in the evening after working a double shift and doing my exercise exactly how I felt ar 6 o'clock when I woke up for the day. I literally do not get tired. This singular symptom lasts for about 2 weeks before others kick in.
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Im struggling to know if I just have depression…Ive had days or moments in my day where I jump on my bed I feel high on music I dance till I get tired is this hypomania?but they are rare the rest is depression 😢❤I really need help I don’t want just depression it’s too much
I also experienced this hypomania many occasions but this will not continue for long duration
thank you
Oh. I know this one. When you judge it to be.
Does something “Trigger” mania or is it just cyclical
When you were going into a hypo manic or depressive state, are there short term medications that can help
What if drugs cause hypomania?
@@MOF43 if ur taking antidepressants while being bipolar(undiagnosed) it can push you to a manic episode. It happened to me, so it can, just depends on what meds.
I am always tired
Hypomaina doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. It's not mania, could it be addictive? I want the elevated mood more often so I feel confident. Is it possible to keep it without the depressed phases?
it's difficult. i live with it. ya it helps at times but it also does a lot of bad too.
Trust me the longer and happier you feel going through a hypomanic phase. The harder and more devastating the crash into depression is.
Deanos Beano - I agree 100%
quiet enough?
Chemtrails Tucson typical psychiatrist levels lol
Can NOT Hear you over my manic episode!!!!! Get manic & talk louder!!!!!!!
Dr. Federman, please speak up or mike up differently; the volume differential between you and Dr. Thomas is excessive.
Sam Spade yes! I need volume on full WITH headphones. It is too bad that the production value does not match the value of the information
these days I only trust my cat.....lol
People know when they are hypomanic. Grap vidio
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Why is not good though to stay up until 3 and wake up still with energy?
I would imagine it is because lack of sleep leads to a whole host of unstable moods. For me it is irritability and then ultimately depression. It is nebulous, though.
because when you sleep your body and ur brain use that time to restore and repair cells amongst other things, it can only do that properly when the body is in a deep enough sleep for a long enough period of time, if it doesn't, well..u do the math..lol
For me, I know when I have sleepless (or lack of) nights that the depression that leads my hypomanic episodes will be worse. Imbalances in my sleep schedule cause my episodes to be more intense and erratic.
Madison Rose very true!!! I find that melatonin helps me out alot, it's also all natural and doesn't cause that groggy hungover feeling that psych meds tend to give u 😉