Bipolar related?!

Bipolar related?

Anyone with bipolar ever experience anything similar to this? During certain periods, though not all the time, finding it hard to be in public. Becoming hyper aware of the movement of people around you... people moving too fast from behind you, people moving too slow in front of you, people getting too close to you or paying too much attention to you in general. As opposed to social anxiety though, not fear, just discomfort and irritation, at the extreme wanting to lash out or yell at people.

4 days ago
As previously noted, these experiences are not accompanied by any feeling of anxiety typically. Likewise, these experiences are not common, or necessarily cocurrent, to depressive episodes.

Hi Hap.:

Yes, I know exactly how you feel sometimes. I have Bipolar 1 severe and at times my sensory system does become hyper-focused and it is actually very bothersome to me. For example, as u mentioned at times you just want to lash out...Yup, I feel that way also.

From all the wonderful things Bipolar has brought to our lives, I fin that when this happens to be I also get very frustrated with myself personally because I know it is not rational and there is no need for me to feel this way, but I do feel this way and I can't stop it when it happens and it just plain stinks.

And please may I address this portion to Diane, with absolutely no disrespect meant in any way to you, but I must say these few things.

First off, we are NOT "Bipolars" we are people who have a disorder called Bipolar. We are people, we are NOT the illness or disorder. There is a very big difference in "being" Bipolar (which none of us want) and being a person or group of people WITH Bipolar. We are people too.

Secondly, when and if a person WITH Bipolar has a hyper-sensory episode, well it is just exactly what it is. It is a hyper-sensory episode. Plain and simple, it is what it is and nothing more than that.

Having a hyper-sensory episode is in no way shape or form a psychotic feature. Psychosis is defined as per Wikipedia as:

People experiencing a psychotic episode may report hallucinations or delusional beliefs (e.g., grandiose or paranoid delusions), and may exhibit personality changes and disorganized thinking, loss of contact with reality...

Having an episode of heightened sensory awareness has absolutely NOTHING to do with a psychotic episode or psychosis.

Be safe and be well