The result of being in a mixed state for too long...

Ya I can give it a shot, at least for me. It was rapid cycling that went from every 3-4 weeks all the way to almost every couple days. It's weird though, like I would be doing fine and then the smallest things would piss me off to no end and I would get super angry and livid over it for hours and then suddenly crash into depression, or be really depressed, removed and distant then something would happen that would make me flip-flop to feeling great.

It's weird bc I was on vyvanse, (like adderal), abilify and klonopin and now I've stopped everything but klonopin at night to sleep. And I've felt so much better and "normal" like I still have ups and downs but not as extreme of mood swings. And I stay rational.

More simply, a mixed state is when you go through mood swings and cycling very frequently and aggressively. Like there isn't a progression to it. You either crash into debilitating depression or out of control impulsive and or angry/happy. Where you stop thinking rationally and everything is impulsive. As opposed to weeks/months of one that becomes the other.

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