whats the difference between being Manic depressed comapred to just depressed?!

Yea there's a difference. I've got bipolar (formerly called manic/depressive) so I'll try to say it as it is.

In order to have bipolar you have to experience elevated moods, which seem to be the opposite of depression. This is where you get much more energy, and everything in life gets greater meaning and intensity to it. I feel great, have excess energy, talk and think very fast, and sleep very little. Socially, at work, and in my relationships, things couldn't be much better, as confidence and motivation is sky high, as I feel like I'm in my element in any situation. I become charismatic, and very creative too. This is a hypo-manic episode because you're still in control of your judgment, but it can keep spiralling out of control into mania. This is where their judgment goes out the window. They might spend all their money on crazed shopping sprees, sleep about 3 hours or less per night, loose touch with reality, especially with their own abilities, and their thoughts race so fast that people have trouble conversing with them. They become very impulsive, and might go out taking drugs, and partying for days on end, and having as much sex with strangers as they can get, even if they're married and would regret it totally after they calm down.

I guess that you know what normal depression is. The depression from someone with bipolar,mirrors that of normal depression, and is severe. Most just need to sleep and sleep. Sometimes upwards of 16 hours per night. Their thoughts are very negative and pessimistic, and they feel great shame from all the things they've done. They want to just keep to themselves and suicidal thoughts are common.

Mixed episodes are both manic and depressive at the same time, and are pure hell on the mind. You have the energy,intensity and impulsiveness of mania, combined with all the negative thoughts and emotions from the depression, and you also feel intolerable anxiety, and shame.


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manic is high points whereas depressed is low points, typically when feeling manic you require less sleep, you have a lot of energy, and you enjoy thing, when you are depressed you sleep a lot, you have low energy, and things arent enjoyable. a manic depressed or bipolar person would suffer both manic and depressed spells

a person can be depressed, but not be manic depressed, manic depression has to points high and low, avg depression it will fluctuate up, down, in the middle, hope this will help,