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 bipolar disorder, and for chronicling your experiences so that other sufferers can learn from them.I stumbled upon your blog while googling for a link between endorphins and hypomania. So far, nothing I’ve read suggests that an endorphin rush can trigger off a hypomanic episode, but I’m worried that there might be a possible connection between the two.
To cut a long story short, I took up social dancing a few months ago – at least two studies have shown that it benefits patients with depression, so I thought it’d help with bipolar as well (I have Bipolar II). [ Read More ]
