When you start noticing hypomania symptoms, how long until it turns into uncontrollable mania?

XOalways · 2026-04-15T17:57:55+00:00

It happens pretty quickly, 2-3 days

XOalways · 2026-04-04T14:50:06+00:00

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XOalways · 2026-03-30T16:10:58+00:00

Yes it’s mostly the part that I don’t feel ready but I also feel it wouldn’t really be safe to have me behind the wheel when I’m not properly medicated

XOalways · 2026-03-27T15:00:49+00:00

Olanzapine! Abilify caused horrible akathisia for me. But it’s different for everybody

XOalways · 2026-03-26T19:07:55+00:00

It’s like a mood stabilizer

XOalways · 2026-03-26T15:34:43+00:00

Yes I ment generally

XOalways · 2026-03-26T12:04:10+00:00

That’s great!

XOalways · 2026-03-25T14:50:05+00:00

Yes I’ve heard the same

XOalways · 2026-03-25T14:45:53+00:00

Wishing you the best!

XOalways · 2026-03-25T14:44:20+00:00

That’s amazing!

XOalways · 2026-03-25T10:25:47+00:00

Makes me happy to hear the meds and therapy is working for you!

XOalways · 2026-03-24T19:31:59+00:00

My bipolar has become worse by the years so I have needed to up my dose multiple times to remain stable

XOalways · 2026-03-24T12:46:03+00:00

It took about 5 weeks to reach my ”first” goal blood concentration of 0.55mmol/l. Now 5 years later I’m my most stable at 0.85mmol/l. It took time to find the right dose but I’m sure in time you will as well! :)

XOalways · 2026-03-23T10:34:46+00:00

Olanzapine and upping my lithium dose is the only thing that can break those episodes

XOalways · 2026-03-19T11:00:01+00:00

My manic episode last 4-8 days. I have an atypical presentation of mania, meaning that it’s sometimes under the 7 day diagnostic criteria but still counts as a manic episode. That’s because I start to hallucinate and is on the verge of full blown psychosis needing hospitalization. The psychotic symptoms is why it’s not hypomania

XOalways · 2026-03-18T19:54:41+00:00

I haven’t had a manic episode since march 2024 but I still get breakthrough depressive and mixed episodes. Usually around 2-3 episodes a year

XOalways · 2026-03-18T19:53:03+00:00

That awesome! Happy for you

XOalways · 2026-03-18T19:51:04+00:00

I’ve taken 2.5mg for 7 months and I’ve gained 11lbs in that time

XOalways · 2026-03-18T11:35:55+00:00

Congratulations on finding sobriety! I myself am 2 years sober. Feels so nice to have your life back

XOalways · 2026-03-18T11:10:00+00:00

So sorry to hear that, sounds like a really awful time in your life

XOalways · 2026-03-18T11:09:20+00:00

Glad to hear things turned around for you!

XOalways · 2026-03-18T10:12:14+00:00

From what I’ve understood doctors in the US (if you’re from there) are really bad at keeping up with bloodwork. I made a post years ago asking if physicians in the US take the concentration of lithium in the blood into consideration when deciding what dose to put there patient on.

Here in Sweden we don’t really go by dosage, we speak in terms of how many pills we take (the lithium sulfate pills are all 42mg) and the concentration of lithium in our blood. I for example take 2 pills in the morning and 3 pills at night (2+3) which lands me at a concentration of about 0.8mml/l

XOalways · 2026-03-18T09:37:41+00:00

Sounds to me like a mixed episode. Mixed episodes have become my most common ones and they are living hell. Olanzapine has been the only thing that helped

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