Experiences with hypomanic episodes
EDIT: I know this might not seem „dramatic“ at all but I still would really appreciate if anyone would share their experience. Or if I could just talk about it to anyone. Thank you!!
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Hi! I‘m new here and it seems my last post was immediately removed by Reddit filters because I’m too new. So I’ll try again. Sorry in advance if this is getting too long.
I could really use your help and experience. Someone I love very much is currently going through a hypomanic episode. And I am wondering how I could support them best. We are very close and talk very open about pretty much everything but we did not go into full details talking about their bp2 as they are on medication and the last episode has been pretty long ago.
When they realized the episode was starting, we were still able to talk about it a bit and they reassured me that it has nothing to do with me if they will message me less etc. But it’s been over two weeks now and I have to admit my own subconscious and fears of abandonment are playing tricks on me. So I was wondering if any of you could share experiences. Do you or your loved ones go „distanced“ or „cold“ during an episode? All I read is only how people in hypo manic episodes become more social and talkative. So I’m a bit insecure about that.
They are usually extremely empathetic and warm and have not done anything bad so far. It’s just almost no communication and the communication we have is very short and without any emotions really.
I’m also wondering if usually things go back to where they were before after an episode? Relationship- but also communication-wise. Is there anything I can do to support them during the fade-out of the episode? I read that the crash afterward can be extremely hard.
And then I’m just worried in general. From what I read hypomania is not as severe as mania, but they are already struggling with low weight and other health issues and I am just worried af. Maybe you could also share what are your/your loved ones symptoms? What are things you/they do while hypomanic? Is it normal that episodes last weeks? I’m sorry for all the questions. I guess I need just someone to talk as I can’t get answers from the person I would like at the moment.. thank you in advance! (Also sorry for potential misspelling, English is not my first language)