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Re: Mitch ... Anyone? How to judge hypomania ... » Ritch

Posted by smith562 on October 16, 2004, at 15:34:58

In reply to Re: Mitch ... Anyone? How to judge hypomania ... » smith562, posted by Ritch on October 16, 2004, at 11:46:12

> The best "objective" measures of it would be sleep and weight (IMO). When I get manic my weight starts dropping and three-five hours of sleep is plenty. When I cycle into depression I start putting on weight and get a "sleeping sickness" where I've slept 12 or more hours a day. If you mood chart write down your weight and the amount of sleep you get every day and you might be surprised how closely those two trend together.

Usually what happens is I try to raise up the antidepressant and sometimes I notice that night it is 10PM, 11PM, 12PM and still no sleep. I get up and take an extra 300mg of lithium which calms my thoughts and puts me to sleep. Since then, I have been using sleep as my gauge for my moods. I haven't tried the weight yet. Thanks a million.
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