We raised my medication and boy o boy I now realize I was a lot more hypomanic than I thought, due to the crashing I am doing coming down. Hypomania is a milder form of mania. Please see a doctor to get the help you need.That description sounds like full blown mania to me. Doesn’t matter that there’s that rational part of you’re brain saying, “Uh, this is not the best Idea you’ve ever had.” So you jump in and you go to pet one and it bites your arm off. Towards the end my mood generally becomes labile and all over the show. I’m just not me when I’m hypomanic.All in all, I’ll take my healthy state over a hypomanic one any day.I think you’ve come up with a list that describes it well.I just found your blog today.

We will be talking about something and she will say something that has nothing to do with what we’really talking about. Like, really excited and I can’t stay still and I get these ideas to do the most amazing things and I’m hornier than a cat in heat.

I think a fried something and will always feel this….My husband is severely bipolar. I have had insomnia for years, it occurs in both my depressed state and “normal” state.

You are not alone.I believe my girlfriend has this disorder. I bought cleaning supplies and cleaned and scrubbed my house for 7 hours. Good luck.

Keep an action plan, keep good support, always be honest with yourself and never give in to that impulse that makes you want to screw it all up.

I suggest you get at least one other confirmation of your diagnosis. Sorry to trouble you, but what does this sound like? Idle tome is not good. I’m trying to keep calm and not crash too hard but I feel it coming. My trick?

I usually experience the anger side. (Havent seen a doctor) I go through, up to two to three days at the most, depressed states where I’m blaming myself for everything. Like drugs that give you a “high”, it may feel good, but ultimately it’s bad for you.Caroline – I know exactly what you mean. I feel like crap! Don’t Say, ‘It Gets Better.’,Depression and Judging Based on Productivity,How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting My Mental Health,The Difference Between Being Suicidal and Wanting to Die,Mixed Bipolar Disorder – Mixed Mood Episodes in Bipolar 2,Passive Suicidal Depression – I Wish I Didn’t Wake Up,Saying Goodbye to Someone with a Mental Illness,Mixed Bipolar Disorder – Mixed Mood Episodes in Bipolar 1,What to Do When Someone Refuses to Take Their Medication – Treatment Noncompliance. You can’t shot someone without a gun, over kill and not needed. Some how I will carry on and try to use my Bipolar to my advantage. And yes, I’ve made steps to block or hide her social media so that I don’t have to see this.So my question to you and your followers is whether this sounds like symptoms of someone in hypomania or someone with bipolar becoming fixated on something that was a big part of the life of someone that she feels “hurt” her? I’m worried about her, but she doesn’t think she’s bipolar,My best apology is as follows: it’s like jumping into a pool full of man eating sharks because you really want to pet one and that’ll make you feel good.

If I hadn’t been diagnosed bipolar by 3 different doctors, I would still doubt I had it.All of which is neither here nor there, just sharing after having enjoyed reading about the experience of others. She also has difficulty making decisions on stuff. She’s great, too. I am so hyper that I cannot sleep but I am exhausted too.

It’s a double edged sword because when the mania hits I am fearful my body will cave in and I’ll die there right on the spot.Does anyone recognise or familiarize with this?

I might be reaching, but they’re my observations none the least and I’m worried for her. Be steady.Steph, I love what you wrote about keeping yourself/oneself/myself stable and safe. Your posting and some others I read answer a few questions as much about what goes on inside my own mind as well as my sister’s.Wow, that is the best description I’ve ever heard of what hypermania is and how it’s experienced. My sister died at 33 from…suicide. Frankly, I got more done and felt best during these times, and the loss of them has presented it’s own challenges in figuring out how to motivate and be productive now that they are gone. Doctors, meds, sleep, exercise, nutrition, balance, surrounding yourself with healthy people….those are the things that it has taken for me. Eventually you should let your parents know what’s going on, but do so when you are ready. called Mr. Jones? Or something else?