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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 196263" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Jen, I have HAD mania. NOTHING triggered it, specifically. Sugar and what I ate had nothing to do with other EXCEPT for caffeine. For about twenty years I was afraid of caffeine because that had triggered two depressive episodes (not manic, but when you get both, you never know which way it will kick you). Sometimes, at times when I should have been the happiest, I'd get depressed and at sad times I'd feel inappropriately happy and I couldn't change it. The day after my beloved grandmother died, I was giggling at the family get together. My mother never forgave me and disinherited me. Yet I was devestated inside, but I couldn't feel sad. Hard to explain.</p><p> You should try logging the moods. There could be a pattern, like, every third day she changes, etc. Then at least you'll be prepared and maybe you can give her a very low-key day with no caffeine before the expected hike. From what I know, just as a layperson who suffered from a mood disorder even as a kid, acting hyper and silly can be from anxiety and/or depression as well as mania in a child. I used to have "good" and "bad" years. Until I hit my teens, I always seemed extremely hyper, volatile, overly sensitive, defiant and unpredictable. Once I hit thirteen I had my first extreme depression and then my cycling slowed down. The problem with BiPolar (BP) is you can't really always monitor eating habits and you can't make life stress free (sigh). The right medications do miracles, but it took until I was 35 for them to invent a medication that helped me about 90&#37;. Your child is getting good, early therapy. That should help her cope as she gets older. Plus new medications are being invented all the time. I had to wait for the SSRI. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 196263, member: 1550"] Jen, I have HAD mania. NOTHING triggered it, specifically. Sugar and what I ate had nothing to do with other EXCEPT for caffeine. For about twenty years I was afraid of caffeine because that had triggered two depressive episodes (not manic, but when you get both, you never know which way it will kick you). Sometimes, at times when I should have been the happiest, I'd get depressed and at sad times I'd feel inappropriately happy and I couldn't change it. The day after my beloved grandmother died, I was giggling at the family get together. My mother never forgave me and disinherited me. Yet I was devestated inside, but I couldn't feel sad. Hard to explain. You should try logging the moods. There could be a pattern, like, every third day she changes, etc. Then at least you'll be prepared and maybe you can give her a very low-key day with no caffeine before the expected hike. From what I know, just as a layperson who suffered from a mood disorder even as a kid, acting hyper and silly can be from anxiety and/or depression as well as mania in a child. I used to have "good" and "bad" years. Until I hit my teens, I always seemed extremely hyper, volatile, overly sensitive, defiant and unpredictable. Once I hit thirteen I had my first extreme depression and then my cycling slowed down. The problem with BiPolar (BP) is you can't really always monitor eating habits and you can't make life stress free (sigh). The right medications do miracles, but it took until I was 35 for them to invent a medication that helped me about 90%. Your child is getting good, early therapy. That should help her cope as she gets older. Plus new medications are being invented all the time. I had to wait for the SSRI. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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