I just received a comment from David that is very familiar- people often ask me- “Hypomania is good, isn’t it?”\u00a0 David brings up a similar point.<\/p>\n
Hi Julie,<\/p>\n
I’ve never figured out why the diagnosis of “hypomania” is a problem… it seems like a good thing all around. There’s nothing wrong with chasing hypomania. In fact if you can live your life, or most of your life, in that state, then more power to you.
\nMania, on the other hand, is just destructive.<\/p>\n
Hi David,<\/p>\n
You bring up a great point- it does seem that hypomania would be a good thing. One of the main problems is that though it may start off as a good thing if you have euphoric hypomania – it often takes over a person’s life in a negative way. I had a three month hypomanic episode in 1987 that did not end well- I was high for three months. I got married after knowing someone for one week. Many people with this kind of hypomania drink and do drugs, rarely sleep, make very dangerous decisions, upset their families, leave their jobs, travel without thinking and spend money like crazy.\u00a0 It can actually be very destructive- the problem is that the person with the hypomania feels so good, they can ‘t see the destruction. Then, most people go down after a hypomania. Unless you have a form of the illness where you’re mostly manic- the saying ‘what goes up most come down’ is applicable here.<\/p>\n
I do love hypomania- I really do- but only at the beginning. This is why I never let mine go too far- I always go way down once\u00a0 it’s over!<\/p>\n
Then there is dysphoric hypomania- that’s agitated mild mania that can be mixed with depression. It’s so uncomfortable and often at just a low enough level that you can do a lot of damage to relationships because you’re so darn unpleasant to be around. Sleep is also a problem here.<\/p>\n
I guess that hypomania is like being on a drug.\u00a0 We all know that people originally take drugs to feel better- and hypomania sure does feel good after a downswing- this is why I want to chase it, but I don’t. I am more creative, expansive, outgoing, fun and wild when I’m hypomanic- to the point that I used to make a lot of mistakes- I don’t do that anymore.\u00a0 Now I have to accept that the hypomania is not good for me!<\/p>\n
I think that one of the most confusing things is that people with hypomania don’t have psychosis- which is often what makes full blown mania so awful- and\u00a0people with hypomania\u00a0are just high enough to cause problems, but not quite out of it enough to need treatment.\u00a0 This is a great comment, so I’m going to put it on the blog.<\/p>\n
Do any of you have positive hypomania with no downsides or no downswings afterwards?<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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