Potentially bipolar...?!
Question: Potentially bipolar...?
Well right now, I'm feeling pretty mixed. I do keep getting depressed feelings, but they're settling within the past week or so. But I keep becoming nocturnal, and unable to sleep, despite keeping forcing myself to get into a normal pattern. And I feel so motivated to do everything. I want to buy every book in the world and read it (and impulsively bought like 13 in one go the other day), I want to learn to play instruments, I want to travel to every single country, try every single food, have every single song, experience every possible thing I can experience and do it NOW. Don't get me wrong, it's not kleptomania... its the urge to experience everything, not have everything. I can't sleep because I can't stop thinking about everything, and thinking about doing everything. And this isn't just today... it's been for a few weeks.How can I chill out? I can't see a doctor until September because I'm studying abroad!
Answers:
You do sound like you're bipolar. The urge to experience everything, the motivation, that sounds consistent with a manic episode. And i don't know if this is related or not, but i have a good friend who's bipolar and he's becomes nocturnal rather often, he says its because his thoughts are racing and he
just can't sleep.
I would say, try to focus your boundless energy on a particular task, something you want to accomplish. Don't worry if you can't sleep, just do the best you can. If you feel like you're just overflowing with ideas, try keeping a notebook and writing things down, just to get them out of your head.
sounds a bit like a hypomanic (mild mania) episode... head back to your doctor or better yet make an appointment with a psychiatrist....
Chill the ***** down girl, Unless you're Paris Hilton, it's barely impossible to do all of that, I mean to travel to every single country you will need a lot of money and to have a lot of money you will have to work a lot which means you won't have much time to travel to every single country, you can however, learn to play guitar and hear a variety of music depending on your mood (we all change moods it's normal). Another thing: I don't know why you think we would think you are a kleptomaniac, you clearly said 'experience' everything, not 'steal' anything. please don't treat us as stupid, we got you just well.Thank you and good luck.