To have bipolar disorder does this mean that when you have a manic episode you cant sleep for at least a week?

Question

or else you arent bipolar? From personal experiance, what happens to you during your manic phase?

Answer 1

Not always. Psychiatric disorders have a list of symptoms, and usually to get a definitive diagnosis, you have to meet a certain number of symptoms, but not any specific ones. It's common to have sleep disturbances, but not everyone necessarily does.

Answer 2

I have a relative that has been diagnosed with this disorder and I am very intrested in the comments and answers you receive from this question. She has been known to sleep days on end, or run around like a rabbit. She's either way way up or really down and I don't think she's taking her meds.
Thanks for the question, I hadn't thought to ask it in Yahoo!

Answer 3

i am bipolar.the longest i ever went without total sleep was 3 days.ive had weeks though where i only slept for a few hours every night.its really awful. i wasnt on any of my meds.i'm back on them now,thank god. a lot of times we "bipolars" will be on meds for a while,then think,oh i'm ok now and go off our meds. i've learned,over the years,thats not a very good idea.

Answer 4

my personal experience during manic episodes (which can last several days or weeks) is a feeling of very high energy, lack of concentration, irritability and frustration easily, lack of appetite etc.

Answer 5

no it just means you feel really really good for a while. You might sleep 4 hours or 2 hours. But you are feeling so go nothing can bring you down.

Answer 6

take a bathtub in each and every evening.pass to rest room basically till now u pass to mattress.placed on clean, gentle cloths. swap off all bulbs while u are on mattress.sleep a minimum of 7hours.it's going to shop u clean.flow your mattress to a diverse area on your room.if u have time rearrange your room and clean it.which will supply u a clean visual charm in room.while u are on mattress count variety down from one hundred-a million till u nod off.it's going to help to calm u down.take dinner a minimum of 0.5 an hour till now u pass to mattress

Answer 7

when my bro would get manic he talked a mile a minute. he was impulsive and goofy. it can cause insomnia as well but each person is different. you don't have to have insomnia to be bi-polar.

Answer 8

this is very complicated. you can't diagnose something like this here for a verity of reasons especially if you have been taking any medication including that for depression. go to depression.com or reliable web source.

Answer 9

This day's doc. always say you have this or that ,20 years ago we didn't have this problems.I would get a second opinion