Is this hypomanic?

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Registered: 09-23-2003
Is this hypomanic?
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Sun, 02-25-2007 - 9:36pm

This morning I could barely type out questions, it took too much energy. I slept most of the day on the couch. I have been like this for the last week. Sleep is all I needed to stay sane (you can't think about feeling like crap when you are sleeping, well that is until the nightmares start).

Now I am antsy, my heart is racing, my thoughts are so fast I feel like I am going to scream. My legs are bouncing. I want to go run around the block.

I hope I am "normal" for tomorrow. I have to run a huge meeting. There is nothing worse than trying to talk in slow motion when your mind is running on and on....

I seem to go so fast between these moods? Is this really bipolar or is it worse and I am truely going crazy? For years (and years and years) I have managed to hide these extremes or at least keep them under some control. I can force myself out of bed to work and care for my kids, I can keep from divorcing my husband for minor annoyances. For the last two years though, the swings are so frequent my breaks between them are short and far between. It is really wearing me down. How long can I be expected to manage without a complete breakdown?

Ugh, give me rest, please.

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Registered: 04-07-2002
Mon, 02-26-2007 - 11:37am

{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}

You sound like you are escalating, and perhaps have reached a point beyond hypomanic (which is very mild). You should go to the pdoc.

In all those years you were "hiding," were you taking meds? If not, untreated bipolar tends to get worse over time. You should start taking effective meds.

Best of luck to you.

Express!
Beth "Petrouchka"

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Mon, 02-26-2007 - 1:52pm

Sounds like it could be more full blown mania than hypomanic.