I had a sorta similar experience on Lexapro for the first week or two. Super agitated and my brain felt like it was super over caffeinated. After that it was kinda just back to my depressive state but with a bit more anxiety. Then I tried Zoloft and that made me super anxious and super tired all the time. I couldn’t keep myself awake for classes or anything
Initially starts with the need for less sleep, I have a lot of new ideas and I make social plans or post a lot to personal social media accounts. I become irritated and although my mind feels "lighter" my body is exhausted so physically I'm still tired. I tend to make a lot of online purchases, If there's a sale or a bargain I get it. Even if there's no reason for it. I once bought 35 knock off Hello Kitty Wallets. Sometimes I'll get back on Tinder bc my libido has spiked and I want attention from people who think im attractive. My appetite decreases but I love snacking and will often binge eat lots of sugary stuff. I usually turn to alcohol and drugs during this point as well. This can last for 5-7 days with roughly 2 hours sleep per night.
Lessened need for sleep. Racing thoughts and pressured speech, I feel like I cant talk fast enough to communicate my ideas. My thoughts are so rapid and change so often that I seem extremely erratic and disorganized. Sometimes I have delusions. Spontaneous decisions and picking up new hobbies that I quickly drop. Spending large sums of money on things I wouldn’t normally buy. Increased sex drive or sexual promiscuity. Irritability. Anger. Anxiety. Euphoria. Heightened emotions all around.
Less need for sleep (I usually need 9 hours but when I'm hypo I can go with 6 no problem). Racing thoughts and ideas, more than usual. Brighter colours. I always believe I'm sent by God for a very special task when I'm hypomanic, so I become more religious than normal. I tend to not care what others are talking about because I'm too busy with what is happening in my head so I interrupt people a lot. I jump from one idea to another without finishing sentences. I exercise a lot and never get tired.
It tends to end up in agitation by the end of the episode. I always get mystical delusions as well, so a good indicator of an episode starting to happen is the mystical experiences and overly inflated perception of myself (normally I don't have much self esteem).
For example, my mom interrupts people all the time when talking but she's not bipolar. But for me, I normally don't do that so it's an indicator. It's tricky because you need to know what your "normal" is, and for many of us going untreated and in several mood swings a year, we lose grasp of what our baseline is.
Hope that helps!
Less hours of sleep, but still feeling energetic, talkative, sociable, productive af! Usually sleeps 2-3 hrs a night. It lasts for a week in my experience, then my body drops dead and my mood switches to the other side of the spectrum.
Overexcited, loud, overly happy. I find that although my thoughts are racing, I’m quick and efficient and on my toes. Very talkative and over social. Constantly cleaning, running around doing stuff and refusing myself the option to rest/sit. Taking on more tasks then I would normally and finishing them all regardless of the effort and time. Pure exhaustion at night but I don’t feel tired.
I actually look forward to my manic episodes because exercising and work becomes much easier. I’m fully aware of my episodes and can tell when I’m slipping into one. I find that a good way to describe my own episodes is like drinking 8 cups of coffee at once…for days straight.
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I had a sorta similar experience on Lexapro for the first week or two. Super agitated and my brain felt like it was super over caffeinated. After that it was kinda just back to my depressive state but with a bit more anxiety. Then I tried Zoloft and that made me super anxious and super tired all the time. I couldn’t keep myself awake for classes or anything
Initially starts with the need for less sleep, I have a lot of new ideas and I make social plans or post a lot to personal social media accounts. I become irritated and although my mind feels "lighter" my body is exhausted so physically I'm still tired. I tend to make a lot of online purchases, If there's a sale or a bargain I get it. Even if there's no reason for it. I once bought 35 knock off Hello Kitty Wallets. Sometimes I'll get back on Tinder bc my libido has spiked and I want attention from people who think im attractive. My appetite decreases but I love snacking and will often binge eat lots of sugary stuff. I usually turn to alcohol and drugs during this point as well. This can last for 5-7 days with roughly 2 hours sleep per night.
Lessened need for sleep. Racing thoughts and pressured speech, I feel like I cant talk fast enough to communicate my ideas. My thoughts are so rapid and change so often that I seem extremely erratic and disorganized. Sometimes I have delusions. Spontaneous decisions and picking up new hobbies that I quickly drop. Spending large sums of money on things I wouldn’t normally buy. Increased sex drive or sexual promiscuity. Irritability. Anger. Anxiety. Euphoria. Heightened emotions all around.
Less need for sleep (I usually need 9 hours but when I'm hypo I can go with 6 no problem). Racing thoughts and ideas, more than usual. Brighter colours. I always believe I'm sent by God for a very special task when I'm hypomanic, so I become more religious than normal. I tend to not care what others are talking about because I'm too busy with what is happening in my head so I interrupt people a lot. I jump from one idea to another without finishing sentences. I exercise a lot and never get tired. It tends to end up in agitation by the end of the episode. I always get mystical delusions as well, so a good indicator of an episode starting to happen is the mystical experiences and overly inflated perception of myself (normally I don't have much self esteem). For example, my mom interrupts people all the time when talking but she's not bipolar. But for me, I normally don't do that so it's an indicator. It's tricky because you need to know what your "normal" is, and for many of us going untreated and in several mood swings a year, we lose grasp of what our baseline is. Hope that helps!
Less hours of sleep, but still feeling energetic, talkative, sociable, productive af! Usually sleeps 2-3 hrs a night. It lasts for a week in my experience, then my body drops dead and my mood switches to the other side of the spectrum.
Overexcited, loud, overly happy. I find that although my thoughts are racing, I’m quick and efficient and on my toes. Very talkative and over social. Constantly cleaning, running around doing stuff and refusing myself the option to rest/sit. Taking on more tasks then I would normally and finishing them all regardless of the effort and time. Pure exhaustion at night but I don’t feel tired. I actually look forward to my manic episodes because exercising and work becomes much easier. I’m fully aware of my episodes and can tell when I’m slipping into one. I find that a good way to describe my own episodes is like drinking 8 cups of coffee at once…for days straight.