Posted by Dinah on February 3, 2002, at 18:34:55
In reply to Solve this Puzzle, posted by spike4848 on February 3, 2002, at 15:39:13
My experience is with dysphoric hypomania not mania, what I call my "little episodes". All I can tell you is that if you are in one you know it. It is the most unpleasant feeling in the world. I don't get irritable so much, except towards myself (I self injure in this mood.) I can't even begin to describe the crawling out of your skin feeling, the insomnia, the agitation, the distorted thinking, the overstimulation....
I know anxiety as well. I easily fit into a severe anxiety disorder, and have had severe anxiety all my life, I think. The hypomania didn't start until I was put on antidepressants, although stopping the antidepressants didn't stop the hypomania. Anxiety, no matter how strong, doesn't feel the same. It's terribly unpleasant as well, but in a different way.
And remember too the cycling aspect of a bipolar spectrum disorder.
Just my own experience with both.
Dinah
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