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Posted by janejj on August 12, 2002, at 13:32:49
Hi,
I'm wondering if someone can tell me if this is mania or not, its really weird.
I just have this amazing sense of wellbeing, like I'll look at an object and it'll give me this wave of wellbeing. Like coming up on a drug.
I don't know if I am describing this very well. Well if anyone else has had a similar experience then let me know.
FYI I am dysthymic and taking Prozac 30mg.
Posted by Kat26 on August 12, 2002, at 14:07:19
In reply to Mania, posted by janejj on August 12, 2002, at 13:32:49
I am not sure if this is a similar experience.
I have had times when I, well, Kind of, WANTED TO be "manic" even though never diagnosed bipolar, I guess I just needed another kick or another identity, and then I would put my walkman on and try to act the crazy person, walking around late at night, the music just making me HIGH. And I would sit on a newspaper box hoping everybody would see me and know I am being "manic", and staring up the street and everything looking just so beautiful, and the music... WOW just tiny little tones would just feel so wonderfully beautiful, or I would sit on the bus listeing to that music making up stories in my head just wanting it to keep on going...
A question for everybody, does that sound like I was just playing it?Kat26
Posted by Squiggles on August 12, 2002, at 14:20:49
In reply to Mania, posted by janejj on August 12, 2002, at 13:32:49
I had that feeling many times and during
many years before crashing; i think it is
the upswing - it feels great, as if you are
high. It took many years before i started
feeling anxiety, and rapid vascillations
in mood - i still don't know if it was not
Valium withdrawal - these things are hard
to guess, but the depression was so bad, that
i had to be medicated, whatever the cause.p.s. i also read like a blood hound; i think
a book or two a day.Squiggles
Posted by katekite on August 12, 2002, at 15:24:49
In reply to Mania, posted by janejj on August 12, 2002, at 13:32:49
Yes, nothing wrong with happy. Some few lucky normal people can find almost drug-like pleasure in lots of things like looking at a fabric they like or a nice view or petting a dog or whatever. Leads to not getting much work done, I gather.
If you find you are also sleeping less but not missing the sleep, doing way more, thinking rapidly about lots and lots of ideas and plans, spending money or taking physical risks, then you are most likely hypomanic and should call your pdoc about it. Manic is another stage beyond that where you would be really out of control, talking a mile a minute and usually not feeling like needing food, drink or sleep. Or it can turn angry or irritable which is no fun. Of course it is hard to know, oneself, if one is hypomanic since you would slow your speech if you knew your were going fast, so a good indication is to ask someone close whether you are talking faster than usual.
If you've been depressed or dysthymic a long time and a medication is finally working I'd guess its pretty normal to find pleasure in everything when you finally can actually feel it. At least at first while your brain gets used to it. It's been starved.
If it doesn't get more 'normal' in a week or so, consider dropping down on the dose of prozac -- 30 mg might be too much and it might be 20 would be perfect. After all, the best feelings of pleasure are supposed to come from things commonly known to be pleasurable - human interaction, jokes, pretty things, etc. Not usually inanimate objects.
What you describe sounds a bit like folks on ecstasy. Basically serotonin overdose which when really overdone could be toxic. So be careful with it and don't take any other meds that could potentially interact.
Kate
Posted by judy1 on August 12, 2002, at 20:46:36
In reply to Mania, posted by janejj on August 12, 2002, at 13:32:49
Not to over-simplify- but if you're asking, you're not. Mania is a psychotic condition, hypomania involves 3 or 4 days of sleeping 3 hours, inability to stop talking, constant movement, overspending, etc. It's pretty obvious to everyone, so if no one has said anyrthing to you, it's doubtful. Enjoy your happiness- judy
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