Is this euthymia or hypomania?

Hi all,

So these past few weeks I've been feeling much much better than I did last month. However, my sleep has been rather sporadic. Some nights I get 2-3 hours of sleep while others a full 7-8. I experience waves of restless energy throughout the day; a really happy kind of energy. My thoughts go faster than I can express them almost and a few people have asked me if I was on drugs, which I wasn't aside from my prescribed meds.

My anxiety is a bit higher than normal as well as my irritability. But only mildly so.

The reason why I ask this is because while the near euphoria persists throughout the day, the energy does not. I've also been able to sleep normally most nights which makes me doubt it's hypomania, but I'm really not sure. Is it possible I could be experiencing some sub-threshold hypomania that's tamped down by meds?

I say it sounds more hypomanic. Euthymia as I understand it, is basically a stable happy state. Hypomania is typically a bit more speedy (and can make people question your sobriety) however it isn't a psychosis/delusional state. I don't believe I've ever had any problem going to sleep when hypo. Hypomania isn't one level of energy by the way. You can have mild hypomania that can get turned up to full-blown mania if you don't watch out.

Holodeck wrote:I say it sounds more hypomanic. Euthymia as I understand it, is basically a stable happy state. Hypomania is typically a bit more speedy (and can make people question your sobriety) however it isn't a psychosis/delusional state. I don't believe I've ever had any problem going to sleep when hypo. Hypomania isn't one level of energy by the way. You can have mild hypomania that can get turned up to full-blown mania if you don't watch out.

Thanks for the reply!

I figured as much. I think the biggest red flag was when people were asking me if I was on uppers.

I'll keep an eye on this. Good thing I'm seeing my therapist tomorrow, haha.

I don't see why the med can't help along the way but the mood swings from mania or hypomania to depression can still happen and maybe perhaps it is not as bad as with no meds in the picture. Like you don't take any meds whatsoever. I see that in me sometimes. My meds work but sometimes I still get mood swings that can last for days. I even get manic and then I'm fine and the doctor says you can have mania and the depression doesn't have to show up. It's still a mood swing to mania. Or hypomania.

So I believe it is possible for it to be hypomania. Even with you taken meds . Now euthymia , I don't really even know what that is.

quietgirl2538 wrote:Now euthymia , I don't really even know what that is.

From the Google: Euthymia is a normal non-depressed, reasonably positive mood. It is distinguished from hyperthymia, which refers to an extremely happy mood, and dysthymia, which refers to a depressed mood. It is a term used frequently in mental status exams.

My guess is the word content isn't medical sounding enough.