i feel happy and that scares me. what if i start to experience mania? how do i know if it’s mania? last time i was this happy i had a bad experience with mania and had to be hospitalized because i was a danger to others and myself.
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If you experience full blown Manic episodes, you really ought to be on a Mood Stabilizer.
Are you on a mood stabilizer? @cbbrown
yeah i’m on lithium. but a low to medium dose of it. my doctor said he wants to wait and see. I have to get blood work done to check my lithium levels.
I feel happy, and i’m unsure of why I am happy. I don’t know if its because the voices are disappearing or if i’m manic
If you are sleeping at night it might not be mania.
I recommend talking to a doctor about it who will help you know if it’s mania.
I’m actually mildly worried I am experiencing mania myself. I am overjoyed and very excited with life. It seems there are too many things I want to be doing at any given moment. Im so excited by all the things to do I stay up all night to try to do them. I’ve been spending a lot of money. Agh. I hope it is not mania for me either. Hypomania anyways.
i stayed up to 3 in the morning and got up around eight thirty. i don’t know if its mania or hypomania i just know my in laws like it and i worry if i do or am manic i will disappoint everyone who thinks i am getting better
I would nip it in the bud.
Call your psychiatrist as soon as you can and tell him/her how you are feeling.
Good luck @cbbrown.
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Yeah I was up until 6 am and had to be up by 7. Was also feeling hyper and wanted to do a million things.
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I just keep thinking what if I’m just happy?
I hope so!! I feel like when you have serious mental illness and are suffering so long happiness can feel very startling and alien. I have definitely experienced that before.
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Happy people still sleep 7-8 hours a night…
I mean, I was pretty happy for a large chunk of my life (before the illness) and I had normal sleep.
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Look up a list of the symptoms of mania, and see how many you can tick off - I’m not suggesting you don’t know the symptoms, of course you do, but it might help to actually look at a list and see how many of them you feel you are displaying. Hope this doesn’t sound condescending, I find lists and having triggers/symptoms written down helps me keep track of my state of mind.
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I deal with constant mania and I also feel that doubt when I get happy or feel at peace. The downturn always comes and most times I can’t cope. The only things that help me are forcing myself into a routine, calling people I trust and talking here when I’m on the verge of going mute.
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