Posted by Ritch on January 13, 2005, at 10:52:06
In reply to Can you be hypomanic for one day?, posted by D minor on January 12, 2005, at 23:39:41
> Hi guys,
> you are probably tired of me asking the same old questions. But this Bipolar thing is still so hard for me to accept.
> I asked this question of my pdoc and psychologist "can a person be hypomanic for one day?" They both said yes. My diagnosis of BP was made based on syptoms of hypomania that only lasted for a day at a time. I just wanted feedback from the group as to whether this sounds realistic or not.
>
> Sorry to be a bore.
> dmNot a bore, interesting question! IMO, if that "one day" of hypomania, when charted over time, just happens randomly and doesn't show any kind of *cyclic pattern* or increasing frequency.. I think there are probably a lot of pdocs that might question a BPII diagnosis. Have you mood charted? Are there a relatively fixed number of days that you are down before the one day of hypomania kicks in again?
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