This is the best description of hypomania that I have seen. SchizoKitzo takes you on a journey through her mind while in the midst of euphoric hypomania. She has rapid speech, excitability, and an irritation that everything is too slow. She is enamored with music that has a really fast tempo, and she recognizes that after this there will be a fall; a depression.

Even though I take medication, I experience subtle break through symptoms that are a mild version of hypomania and depression. Recently I had a night where I woke up at 3am and stayed awake, not missing the sleep, and that rarely happens. I have a medication that provides me with very restful sleep, so I was on the lookout for a change in mood. It came in the form of hypomania, with racing thoughts. Fortunately, this was a very mild episode that I was able to combat by getting enough sleep the following night. Had I not been medicated, this would have most likely led to a full blown mania, but as it is I just had a few symptoms that lasted less than 24 hours. I am super motivated to stay on my medication because it takes such good care of me.

I got new insurance and my psychiatrist is not on my plan, but I am going to stay with him and take the financial hit because he knows me so well, and we are in a place in my treatment in which I really need someone who understands me. I know how blessed I am to afford to be able to do this. I am switching to a new antipsychotic because while my medication is working very well, it has caused me to gain weight, have high cholesterol and high blood sugar. The trade offs are not something my psychiatrist wants to toy with, so off to Vraylar we go. It has all the same side effects, just to a much lesser extent. What a crazy world. You gotta love it.