Mania and Sunshine Test
I live in Portland, Oregon and we are having a spectacular winter. It’s the best I’ve experienced in my seven years here. We are used to very, very dark winters. It’s usually dusk at four and dark at five. It’s depression and very bad for bipolar disorder. I was dreading it once [...]
I always write about depression and loneliness during the holidays, but for many people, mania is the problem! It can be very overstimulating to buy presents, decorate the house, cook food and be around a lot of people. But the main concern is travel. If you’re going to travel, make sure you have a mania [...]
I just received the following question from Alixana on how a person can know if an exciting and endorphin producing event can cause mania. Here is the question and my long answer- I try to keep it short, but nothing with bipolar disorder is short!
Dear Julie,
Thank you for being so honest about your battle with [...]
Thanks to everyone for your reader comments and questions- here is one regarding work and bipolar mania.
Hi Julie,
I have been have episodes where I experience mania, wanting to buy stuff limited need to sleep and the inability to concentrate, focus finish an assigned task. This is a real problem at work as I work at [...]
The only difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II is the type of mania. Bipolar I has full blown mania- Bipolar II has hypomania. Bipolar II never has full blown mania- if it happens, the diagnosis is changed to Bipolar I. People with Bipolar I can definitely get hypomanic as well as fully manic!
Euphoric and [...]
Do you chase mania because it feels like the normal you? [...]
Reader Comment: Bipolar Hypomania
Hypomania is not good- hypomania is a milder form of mania, but it’s still mania. Hypomania can be very dangerous. There can be euphoric or dysphoric hypomania. Hypomania does not have psychosis. [...]