On Thanksgiving Holiday, and I have so much energy I literally cannot sleep. All nighter Tuesday night because I felt nothing, just played around on computer and watched the sunrise. Barely slept Wednesday maybe 3-4 hours max. Now it's a Friday morning and in the exact same boat as Tuesday.
I have not (only) been lazing around. I worked Mon / Tues all day. I've gone to the gym 3 days already this week for 2+ hours each (so relaxing to have a gym all to myself) and plan to go on Friday, hitting my plate targets. I've gone out with family several times for shopping, food, etc.
I just feel so much energy and the only change big enough, from my perspective, is not being physically at work in NYC and having the less mentally stressful days of a slow holiday week / disconnecting from IB. Is anyone having the same sleep impacts now, or had it when they left IB? It's weird but feels awesome.
Sounds like hypomania - be careful.
I concur. Isaiah and I have talked about hypomania and mania before. It's a very common trait in bankers, but it's not an all-the-time thing. It comes in waves.
I think you will come to understand the cycles of boom and bust in time. I think you're just on one of your tears right now.
I know not everyone is this way, but I can control when I have the cycles and I try to time the lower intensity periods for when I'm home, because it's more restful that way, and I also don't need the full hypomanic during that time.
Yeah hypomania is probably the correct term here not full blown mania.
Crap, you might be right.
Appreciate the note, very helpful.
Have you tried alcohol?
If not mania (which really should be diagnosed by a mental health professional), it could just be elevated cortisol levels that used to be deployed working on deals around this time, now your body is trained to be in fight or flight mode even if you don’t have the tasks to fill up the time of energy. I would be disciplined in resting 7-8 hours a night even if you feel like Superman, take magnesium or melatonin to go to bed - sleep deprivation is a the fastest ticket to psychosis you can get.
Makes sense, thank you. Will do.
Drop the adderall on holiday lol
Who gives a fuck? stop asking an anonymous forum
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