Mixed episode question

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I’m wondering when your mood changes every hour or two weather it’s considered a mixed episode it’s not currently happening right now I feel level headed and have been for awhile now I’m just wondering as I already started I feel normal rn

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Also I forgot to mention at the time it was severe I was on a lot of SSRI antidepressant medication I was being treated by a psychiatrist for schizophrenia and depression

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I am diagnosed with schizoaffective mixed type which means I experience lots of mixed episodes.
Switching of moods rapidly fro mania to depression and vise a versa is considered to be mixed episodes.
Antidepressants are notorious for causing mixed episodes with people suffering from a mood disorder

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I have a question do you ever experience mania by itself I’ve had mania that lasted for months I don’t get that anymore thanks to haldol I kinda miss it at times @Wave

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Yes, I sometimes experience pure mania.
I love the euphoria but it can get so high that it causes distress

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Yes, I get mixed episodes too. I can literally feel both high as a kite and suicidally depressed within a few minutes of rapid cycling.

Sometimes my brain doesnt know what the heck to do. I can be both manic and bursted into desperate tears in the same moment. It’s hard to explain, but to use Wave’s word, it’s highly distressing.

I actually detest being manic. I go way past feeling good. I feel actual pain because I’m so out of control.

Hopefully it’s okay if i post this, as I am definitely not encouraging drug use - I used cocaine three times in my late teens. I was completely out of control and unaware of my surroundings. I felt completely out of my own body. It was awful.

That’s how mania is for me. I feel like I am not real, the world is not real, and I don’t even know who I am anymore. Delusional.

I have no idea why people like being manic. Hypomanic maybe, but I’ve never experienced that state. I’m always either extremely high or plummeted when I’m symptomatic.

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