Hypomania symptom >?

[hell1971]

Does anyone else clench there teeth and gig there leg when they are hypomanic, I have started to notice my mood elevating and have noticed these two things that I only seem to do when hypomanic? am in a mixed cycle at the moment but have been alot better the last few days thought the increased meds had calmed everything down and was making the changes in mood not so dramatic, I think I may still be swinging but way more gently, does this make any sense to anyone? im still learning and am not sure whats normal anymore as its been a long time since I have experienced sustained normality.

[cujo446]

Yes, especially my legs and sometimes when i try to sleep my legs start to ache and i have to get up!

[atomic_soda]

I have ultradian rapid cycling bp and I figit alot, clench my teeth, become clumsy and dizzy but the main thing that happens during my most manic times is I pull my hair at the nape of my neck out. Once I start there is no stopping me and even when my neck is all sore and sometimes bleeding I just can't stop it.

[morbidlyeuphoric]

Ugh, yeah, sleeping issues. That's one of my least favorite things to deal with. I WANT to sleep, but I can't, and I'm exhausted for days until my system finally just shuts down and crashes. I have sleeping issues when im not in a hypomanic phase, but it's much worse when I am.

And I'll have to agree with the increased sex drive. Goes way, way up and I'll catch myself thinking about it all day long. Kind of ridiculous. There are a lot of signs that let me know when I'm about to hit this cycle. The depression side, on the other hand, is more like slamming into a brick wall for me. I generally don't see it coming. Is it like that for you as well? Or anyone else?

[scochran]

I figit alot also.  Move my legs, rock back and forth - almost to the point that I lose my balance.  Seems like I only do those things when I am manic or becoming manic.

Sleep is a major thing for me, I don't sleep much when I am manic.  I also cannot keep my thoughts straight, I go from one thing to another, can't seem to stay on track.  I also have a very high sex drive - to the point where that is all I think about (when I am manic, I look at most all females in a different way).

[morbidlyeuphoric]

That's generally how I get as well. I'm fidgety anyway, but it's ridiculous right before, or during, hypomania. So I always know right when I'm about to hit that particular cycle.

[hell1971]

yes I was right to think something was happening, last night I became very aggitated very suddenly and I thought I was going to explode for absolutley no reason, I just went to bed to escape from my family so I didnt do or say anything I would regret. The last two nights I have tossed and turned, im seeing my doc on wednesday I will talk to him about this.

[Xila31]

I have a lot of little motor things that happen. I fidget more, I rock a little, I pace. I am a teeth clencher, too, but more from stress. I have to watch myself or I give myself headaches.

[Anise149]

Yes...also fiddle with the hems on dresses. Most of my stuff now has holes along the hem line, dont realise Im doing it.

[ILADVOCATE]

Yes the family member I know with cyclothymia (mild bipolar) has similar symptoms during mood episodes (they are about to start treatment) and that could be typical of the motor restlessness of bipolar. It would be worth speaking to your psychiatrist about to see what's going on.