and if you had a manic eppisode tell me what was running through your head when you were feeling the highs of it.
2007-02-19 17:55:49 · 10 answers · asked by Austin D 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I have bipolar. When you have a manic episode it starts off (at least for me) nice at first. You have more energy, you can focus and think more clearly. But it soon starts to turn bad and you get anxious and angry.
I'll give you a little sample of things that were going through my head the time I was hospitalized (these are in no particular order). These are just thoughts, not actions, since you didn't ask for how a person acted.
*I wanted to yell
*I wanted to be with many people
*I hated being in my house
*I want to have fun
*My mind felt clear and focused
*I had a million different thoughts running through my head and they were all fighting for attention
*I didn't want to sleep
*I felt like I was going insane
*Sometimes I wanted to kill myself for the excitement, fun and thrill of doing it
*I had terrible headaches
*I had energy to do my daily duties and more
*I had difficulty expressing myself clearly
*People would tell me that I mixed fantasy and reality and frustrated me because I didn't see that I was doing that
*I felt trapped
*I felt misunderstood
*I felt anxious
*I didn't feel like myself
*I felt indifferent to everyone and everything
*I wanted to escape; to run away
*I felt as though I am on the outside looking in
*I felt mentally tired and exhausted
*I had trouble making up my mind about things
*I got angry very easily if I asked for something and I don't get it
*I was prone to fits of rage if things are not done EXACTLY how I want them
*My life felt like it was spinning out of control
*I was horny all the time
*I wanted everything clean and in perfect order
*I wanted coffee and cigarettes (I only smoke when I'm manic)
*I felt like I could do anything and everything
*I thought I was better than everyone else in every aspect
*I didn't want to sleep
*I didn't want to eat (didn't have time for it)
*I wanted to buy everything in sight
*I wanted to do drugs and alcohol
*I wanted to party and be the center of attention
2007-02-19 20:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A million things run through my head when I'm manic, so it's hard to even think of what specific things I think of. Mainly I just want to do a whole bunch of things in very little time. I feel a feeling of euphoria, like everything is going to be wonderful. I feel more aggressive than usual. Not physically aggressive. I just don't think about what I say or do before I say or do it - which is unusual for me. I talk non-stop and very fast. It's kind of a stream of consciousness talk, where I just go on and on and my husband can't get a word in edgewise or get me to stop talking.
Most of my manic phases are followed directly by a depressive phase, so sometimes during a manic phase I start to go into a "mixed state." I have tons of energy and ideas, but I also feel a deep fear of what I know is coming and I get very negative and irritable. I feel the urge to be physically aggressive and do violent things, like punching a wall or throwing something or kicking my cat (fortunately I've never actually done the cat one). It's like a panic attack, only worse. In fact, it's one of the worst experiences I have ever had.
2007-02-20 14:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by zora 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This website can tell you everything about bi-polar:
http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/bipolar_disorder.htm
In the manic stage a person can go on a spending spree, lose all inhibitions, have an increased sexual drive, feel like they are on cloud 9 and can do anything, or become enraged and a number of other symptoms.
2007-02-20 02:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by princeton 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have bipolar however the form I have can include both a high and low simultaneously. Screwed up, huh. What I feel during my highs though is general increases in energy, a desire to get things done, but significant irritability at times if things are not going as I want them to. My form is nice though because, for me, even if I am totally depressed, I have enough mania to keep me functioning where I need to.
2007-02-20 02:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by TCSO 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I make irrational desicions
spend money
want to go out and get drunk
want to party
cant sleep
clean alot
cant stop the thoughts rushing round in my head
speak loud and fast
start projects I never finish
insatiable sexual appetite
2007-02-20 05:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I need to take more anti depressants...
I want to have some more coffee.
I don't want to sleep.
I don't want to eat.
I am the greatest thing in the world. I am God on earth.
I am going to go have some sex.
And have some more anti depressants.
Why is everything so dirty?
I need to clean everything..
Organize everything...
Start 20 different projects.
2007-02-20 03:55:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe..I like this question
For me, I get super busy and come up with "brillant" ideas to create things. One time I was so convinced of my idea that I climbed a light pole and kept screaming that this thing would solve the world's problems. The police came and took me to hospital.
I do alot of projects, like painting the house, building a deck, putting up a backyard fence, but never finish any of them. Because I get bored and move to the next project.
I am SUPER clean and clean everything ~ things like car keys, that you really never need to clean.
Then after the "hyperness" starts to run off, I get paranoid and frightened of people. I think they are trying to get me and hurt me. I have accussed my doctor of working for the Bad People. This is when things start to get bad......
Everyone experiences mania different...this is just some of what happens (or has happened ) to me....
2007-02-20 11:56:34 · answer #7 · answered by riptide_71 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have bi-polar.
My thoughts:
I don't want to eat.
I don't want to sleep.
I want to cut.
I start seeing things (Wierd, huh?)
I want to be alone.
2007-02-21 02:55:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, my patients in Psychia ward before.
2007-02-20 02:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, No.
Yes!!! No!!!
YES!!!!!! NO!!!!!
2007-02-20 01:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by shogun_316 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋