Bipolar Disorder Support Group
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Hello I'm curious as to how long does the manic episode last once it shows up? I know there may not be an average but I would like to know if you can recall how long a manic episode lasts.
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
no seriously Manic about 3 days Neutral about 2 days Depression about 2 days. I can stay manic a little longer if I play with my meds.
It changes if you are on meds.
Unmedicated a few days minimum to several months.
Unless you were also naked, bouncing a basketball at 100 times/minute, surfing other websites and scarfing shots of sugar at the same time you were writing it. Then, yes, that may be mania.
Your profile says you're 33...when I was your age I had calmed down "some" from my 20s but my Hypomanias could still last a year or more, with short bursts of "mania" in the middle or toward the end...they might last a few weeks at Most. And if I was a Good girl and didn't leave shrapnel Everywhere, I would just go back to "normal", then back up to hypomania again until the Entire cycle ended.
At this point of my life the actual "manias" only last 2 -10 days at Most - and, *whew* that's Good, because I am getting Old, and they are Exhausting! lol
Just out of curiosity, 3 days later, how is it Going for you?
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I had mania - before meds - lasted for several months at a time.