Reply #49: The "workaholic" aspect may be part of hypomania [View All]

That was one of my tendencies that I just thought made me great at my job (which I LOVED), but it turned out to be a symptom. I always thought mania indicated ebullience, and I could rarely be described that way. An irritable, harshly critical, workaholic insomniac absolutely convinced of the correctness of my position...well, yeah, that fit sometimes. I never knew they were symptoms.

The addition of the drugs could have increased the hypomania, making her even more of a workaholic. Plus, the stress leads to even more insomnia, and what's a workaholic to do when they can't sleep anyway? I went through a period where I slept maybe an hour a night (if at all) for about two weeks. Then, knowing I was out of it due to insomnia, the "old boys" called me in to gang up on me...it was great fun...for them.