13 Signs You're in a Manic Episode! | Bipolar Disorder
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i was diagnosed with ADHD last year. it’s insane how similar the symptoms of adhd and bipolar are.. 😳
Yeah im not sure i can differentiate them
My thoughts exactly! It's tripping me out! 😅
I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid, I am 29 and just found out I'm actually bipolar instead. 😂
After both of my sons were diagnosed with ADHD, I was having a lot of symptoms and issues so I went to the doctor. Instead of being diagnosed with ADHD, I was told that I seem to have Hypomania. My mother, although undiagnosed, clearly is Bipolar (likely type 1). I'm unmedicated but will always be aware that I need to keep myself in check and get help if I feel a change for the worse. I was initially put on Seraquil but it knocked me out for a full day so refused to take any more.
What’s worse is that Aderrall (ADHD medication) can be horrific for bipolar and trigger a manic episode
Pro tip yall: go to the dollar store while manic.
why
@@aliierospending spreeeee 💵
Haha ikr 😂
😂😂😂😂dude...that's my go to!!! So funny!
Haha great advice
I had a psychotic manic episode I thought I was God😇 and could move the winds 🌬and trees 🌲🌳🌲I also thought I was great at singing 🎤dancing 🕺💃🕺art 🎨and gonna be famous👩🎤 i even wrote a letter📬 to Pdiddy 🤣 !!!!!
I always think I’m bipolar but I don’t do any of that nor do I have those thoughts lol. My mind does race and I can sleep well at night. My psychiatrist said I was just a nervous wreck
@@jeremyalcoser5742 there’s levels of mania you might have had hypomania which include all the symptoms of mania minus the psychotic delusions of grander I think 🤔the only way I know it’s mania for sure for me is the euphoria if I don’t have that then I just think I am being a hyper person lol 😆
@@jamielauro2623 what’s a big red flag? Do you think my psychiatrist would’ve missed it after 3 sessions? Lol see my anxiety kicking my butt?😅
@@jeremyalcoser5742 I would say for me a red flag 🚩 s to know I am entering a manic state would be in a conversation. I would start talking really fast and get a flight ideas I would just literally say anything and i actually would feel like i I am smarter. I would use big words I never used before .. one other is energy that is almost not humanly possible like I could probably sleep three hours a night and still have everything together..I normally don’t like cleaning and cleaning starts to be kinda fun 🤩...I laughed and made jokes at everything....at my most manic I would laugh during conversations that weren’t funny even I just couldn’t stop 🛑 Are you feeling anxiety but nervous energy ?or just energy you don’t know what do with? And do you feel happy for no reason and can’t seem to shut it off ?.,,,-because that could be hypomania
@@jamielauro2623 I’m legit worried about things in my life lol like my parents health and my kids. You know stuff like that. And when I’m happy it’s just legit happiness. Like something inspiring I’ve learned or when I accomplish a song on my guitar. I sleep 6-8 hours a night. And I like to clean lol but only Bc I put on the headphones and drown out my thoughts with music.
Thank you so much..I’m recently diagnosed bipolar and I have experienced everything you talked about. I have such a hard time not being embarrassed of how social I get when I’m manic..idk if I’m the only one but I’ve gone live on random apps thinking I’m an advocate for bipolar disorder 😅
Thank you for sharing! Really informative description of symptoms for those trying to understand Bipolar disorder.
Lizzie thank you for these videos , videos like this has help me understand and get a different perspective with bipolar. Wife has bipolar and it’s on going team effort to get through episodes, mania , etc. But learning more and more about it helps out a lot.
Thanks a lot for this video. It was insightful. The good point is that you got friends who go through a manic episode exactly the time that you go. Oh... jeez.... This is fantastic. I wish it was about my case. All of my friends and even acquaintances have major depression. They're just simply depressed and can't even get out of the bed, you know like old shut-ins.😁 I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and whenever I go through a hypomanic episode, I'm all by myself. I go the extra mile regarding my job, can't sleep at all unless I take some meds as you mentioned like Seroquel. However, like your cases, I've texted my friends at night and since they're all depressed and down in the dump, don't get back to me. I record voice messages for them almost 7 or 8 hours. Jesus... There is indeed so muchhhh craving and desire in me to interact with others and have long chitchats with them. I go out of my way to control it but, you know, easier said than done. I have a huge longing for getting more and more information on sth. I can't sit still and I have fantastic, awesome and grandiose feelings and thoughts about myself. Until now, I haven't done anything illegal at all. People who know me and don't know about my condition just call me energetic, hyped-up and workaholic. Having said that, I've experienced a couple of times that in the hypomanic episode, I got furious and lashed out at people. These incidents can happen as well.
OMG, I've done that rearrange the furniture in my bedroom. The time I got lost in Chicago might have been a manic episode? I wrote a lot before hand too, I was trying to prove Mormonism true, I had my scriptures with me. My dad found me though, thankfully. I was like that in high school too. Studied so much, and slept so little, and crashed on the weekend. The reason why I'm not pure Bipolar is because I stopped getting mania/depression. And then I've had a lot of voices, so schizoaffective. The voices have been gone for a really long time. It's been nice.
Manic episodes feel good minus all the risky behavior. I actually laugh a lot during my episodes. I feet really creative too. But I also get confrontational and spend a lot of money. I took a three day trip to South Korea one time business class (that’s what the lady booked me under) and I totally blew off my job.
I actually love it as well. But I spent too much money. If I could control something it would be the money spending issue. I just flew first class to Amsterdam and then met some people and went to Poland and then Georgia 🇬🇪. My friend and family were very worried.
Thank you for posting this!!!!
Wow it sounds so overwhelming BUT it also sounds like it puts you in an amazing state of creativity once you can sort of direct the energy you are experiencing.
Our society labels these mental states so negatively and so society becomes afraid to be around people with these experiences but perhaps it’s like anything else. With the right guidance and also learning skills to thrive when in this state - society can start seeing this not as abnormal but just different brain functioning.
Our society focuses too much on separating people.
Your energy in this video soooo motivating.
Unfortunately when people who have bi polar unmedicated, destroy the lives of their children and partners. It’s soul destroying living with them.
There is nothing good that comes out of illness based manic episodes . Same thing as saying so heroin is bad but on it you feel incredible euphoria so that must mean its good
I have watched a lot of your videos but I am glad you put out this one recently because I went off my mood stabilizer and ended up becoming really unstable I was diagnosed type 2 but have had elements of hypomania that were closer to actual mania such as the reckless impulsive behavior being so obsessed with certain ideas or people. Also the waking up every 3 hours take 1 hr to fall back asleep and up at 7am not able to sleep in wide awake but exhausted as well I think if I wasn't already on seroquel I would be much less sleep. Now I went back on mood stabilizers but can only take low dose I felt stable but low mood at same time and head was heavy and weird sensation. Last few days having really intense dreams and head feeling better worried about hypomania I can't up my dosage just yet so thanks for talking about this because I really got scared with some of my hypomania symptoms being off meds definitely was worse with symptoms!
Hey Lizzie, I do not know what tpye of bipolar I have. Don't think I should worry about this too much as long as I pay attention to symptoms. I have aome bipolar video ideas that you may find inspiring: 1) invalidation by others, as in, others accepting you have BD but not willing to talk about it. - like a partner, parent, etc.
2). How to safely drink caffeinated drinks when you have BD.
3). Video explaining your experience with rapid cycling episodes--how do you deal with day-to-day experiences?
4). Tips on how to maintain 9-5 job while bipolar.
5). How do you deal with the idea of taking meds for rest of your life?
6). How to deal with feeling lonely in your diagnosis and how not to care whether nobody else seems to care. How to be independent despite feeling lonely in the diagnosis.
7). Interview with other bipolar youtuber!
That's all for now. You have asked for ideas before so here are just a couple that will hopefully be of use to you. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to this channel. It is always so informative and helpful.
God bless you for your fight against mania. You are so honest and true.
Im in a severe un medicated manic episode atm and you just described many of my behaviours so accurately! Yes im loving it right now except If I get psychosis too...
That’s fine as long as you don’t have kids or you’re in a relationship. When you do have a relationship and children, if you can’t be responsible and take meds you should never have children or they will suffer due to your illness.
Looking forward to watching, I love your mental health videos! 💜
thank you for being here!! 😊
LizziesAnswers Of course, glad to be here!! ☺️
@@LizziesAnswersi get more talkative a horny tbh lol
Wow the part you mentioned about your pupils being dial aged or not- that part really struck me because I’ve noticed this throughout my life certain times/ periods where my pupils were HUGE all the time or for a period of time
This video helped me so much. It answered a lot of my questions as to why I feel certain ways.
It's interesting that you mention the part about exercise. My brother has bipolar 1 & he doesn't exercise regularly while I do. Before I knew much about it I thought it might be healthy to take him to the gym w/ me. It seemed like the exercise almost exacerbated his mania. He began beating his chest between sets & people were looking at him funny & when I suggested we leave & he calm down he tried to insist we stay & do more.
I'm much better at recognizing the signs now, your video was very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for your help with understanding my condition....more help than I ever had from doctors
I'm SO happy my videos have helped you 💛
Same to me 🥺 you are the person who made me ask my doctor about bipolar. Now I’m diagnosed!
I’m happy to hear when someone get better. Now you have to maintain your stability.
It is very, very, very important you try to keep a record of when you’re:
1. Time meds taken
2. Manic episodes
3. Depressive episodes
4. If and whe you self medicate with alcohol or drugs.
Be super honest with your doctors.
Feeling sleepy all the time is NOT a good way to address your sickness.
If you are on the right path, you will feel good and positive most of the time. Sorry to say some days will be sad 😞.
Be positive 🙂
Yikes. I’m sitting here definitely feeling relatable to all of this. What you’re saying, is all very true!
My mania makes me feel like I don’t care about my husband at all even though I do…like I just wake up one day and feel zero affection towards him.
I see myself in all of these. It is good for me to see others who have been where I have.
This girl is mad cute!😭❤️
Coming here because I just broke free of a 6 month depressive episode. It’s been so long that I’m getting increasingly concerned
I hope you’re doing okay now 🖤
My wife who i have been with for 4 years or so have an almost 2 year old son and she recently told me that she has been unhappy since having him. When he was 6 months old she had thought about suicide a lot and even knew how she would do it. Last month she started seeing a therapist and psychiatrist and has been diagnosed with major depression ptsd and bipolar. She found out that when the doctors put her on anti depressants after baby and did not put her on mood stabilizers that would have made everything 10x worse for 2 years. She still insists that having our son was a mistake and we haven't had a spark between us since. She has been hiding everything so well and not telling me about it until last month that i had no idea anything was wrong. Now i think she is cheating on me and still wants a divorce without really thinking that couples counseling will help. I don't know what to do. Is she in a manic episode now? Or was i the manic episode?
Omg this is so me . Especially writing . I turned my sketch book into a journal of words. Idk why but I feel calm when I re-read what I wrote. In the day time. Because it leads back to less sleep because of my brain patterns and randomly start conversations.
I have the same writing habit in hypomania. Especially in text threads. I actually love it. Annoys others for sure.
My episodes are ONLY caused by stress.... only.... so it sucks that every person that I love so dearly around me is severely mentally ill and suffering. and it unfortunately causes them to abuse me. Which eventually results in me screaming, crying and wanting to die until I take a xanny. :/ I really hate living sometimes abd I really used to love life .sick
Thank you, really helpful 🙂
Wow I didn't know that about Joseph Smith. That says a lot about what I'm going through. Thank you
I’m not being truthful with my doctor because I fear they will judge me.
Yes...I was just talking about hypersexuality and how it plays into things ect...
Seroquil is amazing I asked about it thanks to you I get the best sleep in 35 years
I married a man because I was manic. Years later I woke up and he was not my type and I don’t love him. I felt horrible
Hey let me ask I recently married a woman I believe has manic or hypomania episodes we also have 3 children. My question is is it either she loves me during the manic and not when they're gone away or is she loves me when they're not around and or she wants away when the mania or hypo mania appears
I did the same thing. Twice
I’m having a manic episode right now. I don’t know what to do.
Thanks to this video I know I am not bipolar hahaha but I can not identify if you are talking too fast but that is why I can follow the thread of the conversation
A year ago I became hypomanic, or really manic, and fell madly in love with a very special guy. Well, I'm not manic anymore, but I still love him. I think I always will. I'm married, by the way, and being with this guy is not an option. It seemed that he liked me too, but I know it would never work. Both he and I are quite excentric people, and we really have a lot in common, but still I don't believe it would work. It makes me sad sometimes, because I can't get him out of my head, and heart. Hypergraphia I recognize from younger years, I started on projects of witing books, really not good litterature. I have had more luck with poetry. I draw quite well, too, and my best drawings were made when I was manic. I use to sing Karaoke at the local pub, I can do that even when i'm depressive. Mostly dark ballads... When I'm hypomanic, I use to shop a lot, but not at a catastrophic level. And I get obsessed with plants, fill up the house, and give them away later, it's a circle.
Hi my close friend I believe is bi polar. She has been going in and out of the psychiatric hospital every two weeks. She says she has visions, and say alot of things that dont make sense. Also she goes on Facebook and tells all her personal business ( which is not normal ) and says odd things like she's going to feed her family dog food and that she wants to be a stand up comedian. Also she gets real violent during these times and break things. She's gotten into Police Chases. When she calls me from the hospital she sounds drugged up. Then when she comes home she's really depressed but more like herself. Then two weeks later she back on FB saying alot of vulgar and bizarre things. I know it wont be long before she's back in the hospital again. She refuses to take medicine because she believes the medicine is making her act this way. But her first episode a few months ago She was not taking medicine at all. Im fearful for her life. Does it sound like she has bipolar to you?
Yes!!!
Yes
🙏Hopefully, someone will discover a cure for this. By the way, do you ever experience any back pain with lamictal? I sure do
did the book you wrote make sense when you got to read it?
I learn something new from you. :)
I think I’ve had experiences like this but as a kid I was diagnosed with ADHD. I do have some days where I feel just really good and amazing like recharged.
My friend is not in manic episode. Hse becomes fixated on things and repeat them often and thinks everyone wants her bad and nobody is healthy but we just don't see ourselves. Also some religious stuff and etc. Her sisters know little about Bipolar but they got on with her psychiatrist. She also got off her meds and bought a lot of expe things. Now we started them again because her sisters saw she is not having them. And they are on vacation far away from her doctors. I hope she will be fine and come back normal but I doubt it. Usually she visits the hospitals in these episodes in the country she lives in, which is not here where we were born. Sad to see my friend like this. She lost her mom to suicide and had a traumatic abusive childhood with an abusive dad..she also had a bad breakup with a bf and he got married in a few months after😢
me here thinking about going off my meds because I want my "personality" back
lizzie: that's a symptom
Please explain. I'm bipolar 1 and only have taken meds for like a month of my hole life.
That's why I went off of them. Tbh I'm better without them.
I Have Manic Depression like Jimi Hendrix I could go 3 weeks without sleep feel incredible I started self medicating with Heroin not The best idea but I also had chronic severe pain and no insurance
Thank you for sharing.
All the 13 ! I keep leading guys on.
This video has helped me understand so much about myself. Thank you!🫶
You dont even realize you're manic while taping this...
Nah man I'm just chilling eating a juicy apple trying to learn
Spot on. I am type 1 upgraded from type 2. Lol with the writing. Do that. Find books all over house months later.
The hot flashes is such a thing
Honestly now that I think about it, I would always be burning up and people around me…never were lol. Kinda makes sense
Literally
I lost complete control during a manic episode. So much so I dnt remember much of it. Scary experience 🥴
Hey lizzie I have bipolar 1 as well I have been dealing with this for 30 years. How do I not scare away girls that i try talking to on this bumble dating app?
This is kinda off topic but omg I remember her from back in the day I watched her here on RUclips when I was like a preteen I had no idea this was her! I liked watching her videos back then it’s ironic how I’m here again lol.
Manic now. The more I don't sleep, the more...paranoid and delusional I get. Thankfully trazodone helped me get 4.5 hours last night
Also
My hyperfocus is my fitness right now and I've ran a 5k every day this week. I am NOT a runner. I don't normally run. Zoom zoom
Trazadone makes me feel like I’m in the worst depression I can’t get up or eat and the next day I feel the same
Nothing helps me sleep except my antipsychotics. I took a trazadone and two melatonin and only slept an hour. Thats when i finally had to get help because i didnt sleep for 3 weeks
Omg this is me to a T. I am a bit freaked out cuz I thought that I might not be bipolar just ADHD but wow this is so me! Guess all the Doctors might be right lol.
Yep I'm currently goin though a hypo its wild but at the time its getting a bit tiring n im doin so many things tht r getting bit worrying
i love this❤😁👍
Well the knife in the thumbnail is encouraging lmao
My roommate I think is slightly manic. He drinks everyday and stays up for 24 30 hours a pop. Then he'll pass out for 15 hours. He's always on the phone. Just calling everyone who will talk. There's around 14 cameras in the house, when there's no need for it. I'm watching and analyzing his behavior. I have depression and anxiety myself. But I'm not manic. He's up now at 1:12 am radio blasting and wrestling with our 150 pound rot. I'm leaning towards manic, my question is how severe is it. It's because I care. Seroquel would help him alot I think.
I not been diagnosed bipolar but I can relate to some mania I get racing mind I think constantly your books with dozens words that’s like my mind I struggle to control it. I had psychosis before twice on medication for that. I suffer high anxiety on medication for that. I seem get this mania hi. I had spending sprees at times. I. Get so high I even think of ways building a business then a business to run a business and so on. It’s scary. I not had fully told my doctor it’s difficult to work out if it’s a illness. I see my mind as unbalanced. I can relate to being off medication I had a month Mania I really thought allotment being in nature was ultimate cure. I only realise it wasn’t when I discovered my mum took herself off her medication she thought organic foods cure for thyroid she had double chin and speaking and breathing difficulties for a while. I panicked I went back on medication.
i too am bi-polar medication does help but not allways nice sharing thanx 4 share.
Omg my son is going through this right now. This came out of no where. He never done this before. He is about to turn 21. So I really don’t understand where it came from or how to help him. He has been going through this for about 5 days. Somebody please tell me how I can help him. He won’t go to the hospital. I am worried. Some body please help
I don't know if you were able to figure anything out but my friends mom had to get a crisis team involved during the peak of her mania.
It’s a genetic brain 🧠 illness. He needs to stay on meds
It's 6:30 a.m. and I have no weed no money no job. And have been up for 2 days. Wish I could go to quillville
Oh God I really am bipolar
I haven’t been able to sleep much for days. 7 days now. About less than 3 hours a night and that is interrupted waking up every hour. But I almost like this sleep deprivation I know that sounds weird but I just can’t sleep. Do you think this could be mania?
Absolutely, you are very manic right now and have Bipolar 1. A change in sleep is the #1 sign of a manic episode or depression episode (manic=sleep deprivation. depression= sleeping 12-15 hours a day). The psychiatric term for sleep deprivation is hyposomnia, and it is a symptom in mania.
It is good you are sleeping some each night. I have had manic times where I've been awake for 72 hours straight. Still, only sleeping around 3 hours a night is extremely dangerous and the longer you do not get normal sleep, the more the mania will increase.
It is very common in mania to enjoy the experience, so liking the sleep deprivation and how it is affecting you is completely normal. It is also a sign that it is very dangerous, because you may enjoy the manic experience so much that you will want to be manic. This is a horrible idea (to want to be manic) because you could quit your job, sell your possessions, go in debt by spending tens of thousands of dollars, cheat on your significant other/have sex with random people you otherwise would not, drive so recklessly that you kill yourself/others in a car crash, etc. Mania is extremely dangerous.
Schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist and get on an antipsychotic medication ASAP. I recommend a medicine called Seroquel (also called Quetiapine), because it is a muscle relaxant and forces you to sleep by relaxing your body so much. I take 400 mg a night (do NOT get gradual release, get normal release) and if 1-2 hours after taking the seroquel I still cannot sleep, my psychiatrist recommends I take an additional 200mg (so 600mg total) to force my body to sleep. You may still have manic symptoms after being on seroquel, but forcing you to sleep each night dramatically reduces other manic symptoms. You should also be on 1-2 other bipolar medications (I recommend lamictal, also called lamotrigine long-term) but PLEASE start on seroquel! It kicks in quickly and will have an immediate affect in reducing the manic symptoms.
Another bipolar tip: Vivid dreams are extremely common in bipolar. The type of dreams can even indicate ahead of time which episode you are going into. Having vivid nightmares is a sign that a manic episode is beginning and very monotonous dreams (checking emails, cooking a meal, paying bills) often means you are about to enter a depression episode.
@@LizziesAnswers thank you for your insight. Appreciate it. I also went through a breakup and everything has been changing. Also was going through withdrawals so it’s hard to know exactly what it was. Anyways, thank you 🙏🏻 what does seroquil feel like?
I also do have very vivid nightmares sometimes!
Literally same bipolar is so hard
My therapist diagnosed me with this and I'm terrified to get on meds.
Well it's 4 am and I'm ready to start my day lol
i take seroquel tooo ! it does help with sleep and slowing the thoughts
yeah but meds can kill your personality
I sleep well with seroquel but I can't stay on it because of weight gain. 😪
I'm on meds but I'm in a manic episode 😅 you sound like me right now 😅😅
When your doctor flat out tells you youre bipolar but that he can't diagnose you officially with anything because of age
Why how old are you. I was diagnosed at 15
I've had this since the 3 - 4th grade, now i'm 72 going on 73.
Is there background music in this i cant tell if im hearing things or not
YESSS there is in most of my videos!!
I hate pressured speech it’s so Fucken annoying. I have racing thoughts that I say out loud and I have conversations with myself. I just want to be normal 😢. FML Sometimes I wonder if I will die alone.
I become super energetic but aggressive and irritated don't help that I'm a train kick boxer
I feel boring when I’m not manic 😐
same
I experienced through text messages and emails too.
My fiance killed himself on a mania psychosis crisis after a fight with his parents
Omfg. I was just diagnosed and everything you said is true.
Pretty sure im an objective personality type twin with this person and I'm bipolar as well. I wonder if it's common in the type
I started shaking while watching this. What does that mean.
No, I do not want to understand about an illness, about a pathology, I want to learn what the cure to it is!
@Dalia Aguilar That is what you believe -? I believe in a God who wants to heal every ill.
@dylan mae he can if He wants. Perhaps this is your Cross though , your sanctification, which can bring a raft of benefits and gifts
God can use all things for good
I got cured of the insomnia/interrupted sleep patterns part of my condition/diagnosis/ whatever you want to call it (Asperger's syndrome), after much prayer and doing work on myself (I was actually in a nun's convent at the time, (so I was pursuing holy things before He did that for me.)
I now sleep like a dream, a baby whereas my whole life before I endured continually interrupted sleep patterns and insomnia usually at the worst moments
It was like a curse
@@angelicacalvet6708 gurl. God can't help me
I was on citalopram. Fuck no ! Never taking it again
You’re doing a great job explaining this but I wonder if this is manic . For me it was really stressful to listen to. The inflection in your voice is so elevated but I sincerely appreciate your information.
I have been very irritable since last Monday. Is that a sign of mania?
I was very irritable right before / right at the beginning of my mania phase like last week
i have all of these from like just in within 2 weeks…
My first sign is I go days without sleep, with no need for sleep.
So many of the symptoms in this vidoe remind me of like adhd but on less intense scale 🤣
WOW! We are really F'd up, huh? Have a possibility of having a relationship. Call it self defeating but I'll not do this to a real good man. I am not at all normal, am bipolar. I need to just lock the door behind me and never look back. Rapid cycling is a bitch!
Abilify - for the manic muffin in your life. Time to change your attitude and get a new Latuda. Vrylar - sometimes, for the rollercoaster ride of your life!
Or Bipolar type 1 I hate that word Bipolar why did they change the name
Well I’ve been awake for 49 hours as of right now, safe to assume I’m entering mania
My ex made me really angry when he would use his illness as an excuse. Never caught him being promiscuous but I had a feeling and he needs to be held accountable for his actions. If you can control yourself so can he. I would never agree to looking past his or anyone's transgressions and making excuses for them, especially if it's putting people in jeopardy. Not an illness, it's called character or lack thereof. He would act differently when I was around and do stupid shit behind my back and say it's my fault because I wasn't with him.. WHERE ARE YOUR MORALS.
yea i definitely am bi polar wow
I got bipolar 2 and man I really wish I can feel that way
Me too! I’ve been bipolar 2 for over a decade now and I’m occasionally jealous of just how much energy and creativity I see in my friends that are having a manic episode
I was initially diagnosed Bipolar 2 and one year later, Bipolar 1. My Hypomania felt great..lots of energy and ideas, writing a lot. Everything seemed fascinating. My Hypomania transitioned into paranoia and delusional thinking a few times. On one occasion it landed me in the hospital. I had been formed. Being admitted, involuntarily, in a manic state is awful. As awful as being in a hospital,
voluntarily, in a suicidally depressed state. Full blown mania can be very
unpleasant. I understand when someone says Bipolar 1 seems to be more desirable. (ie there is less depression and full blown mania seems like it could be fun). But the mania can lead you into a world of pure hell.
I'm lucky in that I have not had a serious episode in 4 years. On occasion, I feel it starting to surface, but somehow I ve learned to thwart it. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy has helped me.
I know how crippling depression can
be. During my last major depressive episode, the only thing I looked forward to was the oblivion of sleep.
Take care everyone.
Hypomania is so much fun but mine only lasts for a few days then my mania turns irritable, angry, wired, hyper-tense and eventually suicidal. Not good.
Omg why is this so me lol 😂
Well my search go on. I got to sleep every four hours.
Honey you're driving me nuts. I can't watch anymore of this.
how do you know if its not actually a crush
I'm still trying to figure it out
this is me