Hmm. I wonder if I have a touch of hypomania. . .

[xiphias]

I think I just talked at a friend for about twenty minutes straight without really letting zir get a word in. . . fortunately, zie is a rather forgiving person -- and was procrastinating anyway -- but I think I ought to keep an eye on that.

It could also, of course, be that it's FINALLY NICE WEATHER. But it seems like a sort of thing to keep track of.

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[felis-sidus.livejournal.com]

The running out of breath thing was a bit of creative license on my part, a little hyperbole in the interests of illustration. But the speaking extremely quickly thing is fairly typical of someone experiencing mania. Even medically, hypomania isn't necessarily considered to be particularly problematic unless it turns out to be the precursor to mania or serious depression, as it sometimes can be for people with bipolar disorder.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not worrisome. But because I'm under treatment for Bipolar II, I think it's a good idea to track these things, especially as we just recently raised my lamatrogine from 225 to 250 mg/day, and my Lexapro from a total of 110 mg/week to 140 mg/week.