Bipolar sufferers! What are your manias like? Adults only please!?!
Question: I've only had a few manic episodes, but during them I can't shut my mind off to sleep but also seem to be fine on only a couple of hours of sleep at night. I also think that whatever it is I am working on is just flat out brilliantly perfect. I also get very impatient with people not listening to me or not following what I say -- even though my speech is scattered and hard to follow.
Answers: I've only had a few manic episodes, but during them I can't shut my mind off to sleep but also seem to be fine on only a couple of hours of sleep at night. I also think that whatever it is I am working on is just flat out brilliantly perfect. I also get very impatient with people not listening to me or not following what I say -- even though my speech is scattered and hard to follow.
i spend alot of money, take stupid risks, make bad desiscions, sleep with strangers, argue with strangers, sometimes I steal but not in a long time. I go missing for days, dont sleep for days. nightmare really
there crazy its like a person is high on something, its sometimes bad u should take medicine for it to calm u and settle ur hormones.
my mania is as follows :( i get super super aggressive, mean, angry, irritable... i get pissed off at everything and have been known to throw stuff around.
at least i think that that is the manic side, i am new to BPD so i am just now learning a lot... i am just so glad to finally "Know" what is wrong with me, you know?!
i spend entirely too much money. i will compulsively order things online and secretly ship it to my sisters so my husband doesn't know i bought more stuff.
i feel guilty ALL THE TIME, don't know if that is the depressive side... but it sucks. i am paranoid to the point that i have gotten into fights with my family and friends bc i think they are talking about me behind my back. for me the depression is WAY worse then anything else. i hate hating me
Intense. I spend alot of money, take alot of risks (stealing, breaking rules badly, drinking, hain smoking, sexual risks, physical risks {including getting in the car with a guy I didnt know for a joyride, setting off fireworks, and ending up in hospital}, emotional risks etc), as well as feeling as though "you cant get your fix" (of excitement). I als tend to be very creative during my manias, and am able to produce amazing works (lyrical, and visual) because I feel inspired.
The lows are horrible: I throw things, hit people, cry for no reason, abuse my parents, hurt myself, and run... just keep running, like im trying to escape something)
Im 17, so nearly an adult. But yeah, Im severely manic, and I cant see why it would be any different.