i experianced sharper memory increased analytical skills started seeing mathmatical patterns started experiencing music more richly followed by cognitive impairment
Good talk. Spot on about the lure. For sufferers though sometimes they don’t even realise they are going manic. Lifestyle factors certainly play a part. Thank you Thomas. Good work 👍
Some do not that is true. But it depends on how self aware you are..I never noticed until I was 23. Ten years on I know exactly what's coming and when. It's wild.
Wow!! This really moved me. I even cried I might add... I am bipolar, my mother is bipolar and I totally understand the lure of mania, specially hypomania that feels great and for the person and not alarming to others (as a full blown mania does). I had a severe episode of hypomania as I was diagnosed with depression and given anti depressents (which are like poison to bipolars). It lasted for almost 3 years and I basically ruined my life: lost job, friends and went bankrupted. After that I was re-diagnosed as a bipolar and it's been another 3 years that I try to stabilize (lithium and such) but haven't stabilized and feel mostly depressed and down for all this time. I realize now that for most of my life I have been depressed, anxious and sad, since I was a child as a matter of fact. So now, realizing that I am not getting any better, my life is basically destroyed and I see no hope for a better future, What do I think about those 3 years I was hypomanic? The 3 BEST years of my life. I felt good, I felt alive, I felt creative, I had hope even when things were not going right. It's so unbearable to live life always depressed... I even wish I had died while I was in my hypomania phase because I was so happy that I am sure my soul would find peace and "go" in the best energy I could have. And you know why? Because now, when I eventually do die, I will go as a resented, dark, unhappy soul... that's no good 😞
Carrie MAtherson in Homeland was an extreme example of manic behavour: high-functioning but erratic. She was also reluctant to give up the 'edge' it confers.
Really nice to see a UK speaker. Well done. A great talk and video. I have been balancing my mental health for 40 years. Diagnosed for 12. BP2. Balancing sleep and meds are the two key elements for me.
I was recently diagnosed w bp type 1 but have been living my life with it for as long as I can remember I just had a manic episode after feeling like my life was figured out I up and quit my GOOD career job without notice. My paranoia was at an all time high and said I rather quit and deal w that stress then be here. That was the mania talking lol now I’m miserable and having suicidal ideation. Love this life lol
i was also diagnosed with bp1 last year and did the same thing. quit my good paying job thinking i can start my own business but also felt like everyone was out to get me. its been months of depression since I've came down from my manic episode, i see its been months since you've posted this have are you feeling better ? if so how have you coped or managed ?
As great as mania feels the depression is inevitable. If there was no mania and just hypomania i wouldn't even be on meds because I would feel like I have the edge over everybody else lol
You can't have hypomania without depression, though. In fact, bipolar type 2, which is the one that only has hypomania, has even more depressive episodes than bipolar 1. Treating just for the depressive episodes will also treat the mania. Also, I think you're underestimating how awful hypomania can be. It might not make you have delusions of grandeur, but it can still ruin relationships.
I get mixed mania almost exclusively now, it’s seriously sucks. It’s an improvement over the psychosis from my teenage years but it also means I pretty much always feel anxious and depressed
The older I get the less depressed I'm getting.. I also have mixed mania most of the time.. it's a mindfuck. If I didn't smoke weed I wouldn't sleep at all.
Thank God! You mean I dont have to take the job my Mom wants me to take- that i know will make me miserable so she will be proud of me? That it is okay for me to do a job that neither sets me apart or makes lots of money but that im actually qualified to do right now? I dont have to become someone else and suffer at a job i know i will absolutely hate?!
Lexapro and coffee gave me hypo mania and then rage when I stopped it abruptly. Never needed it int he first place. Never took meds. I was convinced I would be fired so I started taking on new projects which looked erratic and talked fast and had filter, then started insulting and harassing people. Got fired evicted sued and lost my family and reputation.
Really nice, thank you for sharing! Only potential point of criticism I can think of, is that although I agree the American mindset of pushing people to achieve is not good for the situation, at the same time we know there are plenty of people, the majority, who are exposed to the same standards and never go manic. Whereas I come from a family where there are majority of us have bipolar, diagnosed and otherwise, mostly on lithium some not, and at least five or six suicides- none of us have the mindset nor is there a family norm of high achievement… but on my other side of the family, of which there is almost no mental illness whatsoever, there is absolutely a concept of high standards and achievement. Maybe the combination of the two families is why I’m the most extreme form of bipolar in the family, hospitalized three times just an early 20s and manic the point of psychosis for months on end not sleeping for days and days. Just putting it out there for what it’s worth. Really interesting! Thanks again!
Well I read some comments didn't watch the video another guy on youtune its always going be depressing becuase those manic episodes are great but their insanely dangerous. I just say get off drugs if your bipolar is huge. Also stop listening to so many people or high achievers of what they got to say your bipolar they don't know lol
This deserves more views, bravo.
i experianced sharper memory increased analytical skills started seeing mathmatical patterns started experiencing music more richly followed by cognitive impairment
Wow. So lucidly explained.
Thank you for this. I feel very understood
Good talk. Spot on about the lure. For sufferers though sometimes they don’t even realise they are going manic. Lifestyle factors certainly play a part. Thank you Thomas. Good work 👍
Some do not that is true. But it depends on how self aware you are..I never noticed until I was 23. Ten years on I know exactly what's coming and when. It's wild.
I definitely don’t want to be manic again. It’s scary for real especially when you have delusions and paranoia
Wow!! This really moved me. I even cried I might add... I am bipolar, my mother is bipolar and I totally understand the lure of mania, specially hypomania that feels great and for the person and not alarming to others (as a full blown mania does). I had a severe episode of hypomania as I was diagnosed with depression and given anti depressents (which are like poison to bipolars). It lasted for almost 3 years and I basically ruined my life: lost job, friends and went bankrupted. After that I was re-diagnosed as a bipolar and it's been another 3 years that I try to stabilize (lithium and such) but haven't stabilized and feel mostly depressed and down for all this time. I realize now that for most of my life I have been depressed, anxious and sad, since I was a child as a matter of fact. So now, realizing that I am not getting any better, my life is basically destroyed and I see no hope for a better future, What do I think about those 3 years I was hypomanic? The 3 BEST years of my life. I felt good, I felt alive, I felt creative, I had hope even when things were not going right. It's so unbearable to live life always depressed... I even wish I had died while I was in my hypomania phase because I was so happy that I am sure my soul would find peace and "go" in the best energy I could have. And you know why? Because now, when I eventually do die, I will go as a resented, dark, unhappy soul... that's no good 😞
Educational and inspirational
Carrie MAtherson in Homeland was an extreme example of manic behavour:
high-functioning but erratic. She was also reluctant to give up the 'edge' it confers.
Wow so discouraging. Chase your dreams people
Thank you so much!Describes me so much. I have shared over and over.THANK YOU for sharing. So helpful ❤
Really nice to see a UK speaker. Well done. A great talk and video. I have been balancing my mental health for 40 years. Diagnosed for 12. BP2. Balancing sleep and meds are the two key elements for me.
I was recently diagnosed w bp type 1 but have been living my life with it for as long as I can remember I just had a manic episode after feeling like my life was figured out I up and quit my GOOD career job without notice. My paranoia was at an all time high and said I rather quit and deal w that stress then be here. That was the mania talking lol now I’m miserable and having suicidal ideation. Love this life lol
Don't give up ❤
i was also diagnosed with bp1 last year and did the same thing. quit my good paying job thinking i can start my own business but also felt like everyone was out to get me. its been months of depression since I've came down from my manic episode, i see its been months since you've posted this have are you feeling better ? if so how have you coped or managed ?
As great as mania feels the depression is inevitable. If there was no mania and just hypomania i wouldn't even be on meds because I would feel like I have the edge over everybody else lol
I know what you mean
You can't have hypomania without depression, though. In fact, bipolar type 2, which is the one that only has hypomania, has even more depressive episodes than bipolar 1. Treating just for the depressive episodes will also treat the mania.
Also, I think you're underestimating how awful hypomania can be. It might not make you have delusions of grandeur, but it can still ruin relationships.
@@maleldil1yeah hypo is also incredibly difficult to distinguish from true happiness or confidence
So true
Me either
I didn’t realize how fast I can do things but the downside is too scary
The lure is real… I’m coming off a bad one.
Stay strong seek help❤
I get mixed mania almost exclusively now, it’s seriously sucks.
It’s an improvement over the psychosis from my teenage years but it also means I pretty much always feel anxious and depressed
The older I get the less depressed I'm getting.. I also have mixed mania most of the time.. it's a mindfuck. If I didn't smoke weed I wouldn't sleep at all.
what goes up must come down . plus , psychosis (n) .
Bravo
Well explained
Thank God! You mean I dont have to take the job my Mom wants me to take- that i know will make me miserable so she will be proud of me? That it is okay for me to do a job that neither sets me apart or makes lots of money but that im actually qualified to do right now? I dont have to become someone else and suffer at a job i know i will absolutely hate?!
I lost my work, my partner and everything because of this. The most difficult part is dealing with the mess I did 10:35
Lexapro and coffee gave me hypo mania and then rage when I stopped it abruptly. Never needed it int he first place. Never took meds. I was convinced I would be fired so I started taking on new projects which looked erratic and talked fast and had filter, then started insulting and harassing people. Got fired evicted sued and lost my family and reputation.
Really nice, thank you for sharing! Only potential point of criticism I can think of, is that although I agree the American mindset of pushing people to achieve is not good for the situation, at the same time we know there are plenty of people, the majority, who are exposed to the same standards and never go manic. Whereas I come from a family where there are majority of us have bipolar, diagnosed and otherwise, mostly on lithium some not, and at least five or six suicides- none of us have the mindset nor is there a family norm of high achievement… but on my other side of the family, of which there is almost no mental illness whatsoever, there is absolutely a concept of high standards and achievement. Maybe the combination of the two families is why I’m the most extreme form of bipolar in the family, hospitalized three times just an early 20s and manic the point of psychosis for months on end not sleeping for days and days. Just putting it out there for what it’s worth. Really interesting! Thanks again!
Months is mania is so destructive empathize with you there coming out of my first ever episode my life kinda got destroyed by it
I celebrate my mania
Well I read some comments didn't watch the video another guy on youtune its always going be depressing becuase those manic episodes are great but their insanely dangerous. I just say get off drugs if your bipolar is huge. Also stop listening to so many people or high achievers of what they got to say your bipolar they don't know lol
Only 2 minutes in - that is me.
I think Musk is the poster child for this idea.
Kurt Cobain was bipolar I'm pretty sure.
Sour Grapes.