Feels like nothing happened

[u/Affectionate-Tell731]

Hi! So I happened to, I think, "crash" after working for the whole week with full shifts, causing me to feel too weak and unmotivated to get out of bed.

I use crash with quotations, because it's been less than a week, but I suddenly feel sooo much better. It feels like the meds are causing my depression and making me feel worse than I should. Because tell me why I only took it once instead of the usually twice, and I suddenly feel great?

I stayed up the whole night waiting for my favourite show's episode to premiere and I still have been awake since yesterday, but I don't feel tired at all! I'm able to just do what I want and was able to play games as I like.

I'm starting to think that the crash was just me exaggerating, or that the medicine was just burdening me. It's just been fucking up my mood so I'd feel tired when happy anyways so I'd rather enjoy it while it happens.

I want to see if anyone else's mood has suddenly went a full 180 after staying up a whole night. It feels like sleeping only makes me tired so I just want to enjoy my energy as I can :D

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[u/Malevolent_Minds]

That's called hypomania or mania when you go without sleep, have a decreased need for sleep, and feel overly excited or even euphoric, where consequences of staying up all night and avoiding your meds don't seem relevant but will inevitably have a negative outcome.

Call your doctor and have your meds adjusted so that you have a better baseline, but don't change anything without talking to him or her first. You need to be careful managing this.