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Stellarvore Posts: 200
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What's really difficult to distinguish is hypomania from happiness, as the two are oftentimes synonymous, at least for me personally. Initially it was very difficult for me to tell happiness apart from mania, especially when the "happiness" followed an extreme depressive period. Things to look out for are: periods where you feel energized after very little sleep, having racing thoughts that are just flying through your head and it's hard to catch on to one in particular, decreased appetite (in my case, this can be different for some people), increase in risky behavior (for me this was stealing meds from family and taking 6mg of klonopin, and passing out in an abandoned house - stupid, but I've been hospitalized three times since), you seem to take on 239843254 tasks but only finish one or two, or maybe none... Mania is much different from happiness because it is out-of-character. Like I said, anything feels great after you've come out of a depressive period. Try to get a friend or family member or anyone close to you to point out when you seem to be acting out-of-character or a little "wild". A simple reminder from this individual might help you catch yourself. 175mg Lamictal daily
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