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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s hard to write about mania considering that I have been in a downswing for a week, but it’s a topic I have to continually address- I hear stories all summer about people who go off their meds because they feel so GREAT and then the disasters that follow. It’s easy to think – the [...]
I am excited to post my new bipolarhappens.com podcast series called Conversations with Sherri.
Sherri is a dear friend of mine who has bipolar I. She has been in an off and on manic/psychotic episode for over two years- and of course, there is a lot of depression mixed in there as well. In this opening [...]
Conversations with Sherri Pt 1 mania:
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Well, isn’t it nice to read that I had a great weekend! It was great to experience it, believe me. This past few months have been such a challenge (euphemism!), so feeling better is wonderful. And no, I’m not manic. (Thank goodness.)
I went to an interfaith retreat for people with disabilities who work with people [...]
That is only partly a joking question. I know that my mania is just as dangerous as my depression. But why can’t I at least have as much hypomania as depression! If a psych read this they would remind me that what goes up must come down. In fact, I write that in all of [...]
Bipolar Disorder Mania Peaks in the Summer!
NOw is the time for a mania check…
Wow, I had a wild hypomanic episode a few months ago. I wrote about it at the time. If you go to the mania link to the right, you can read all about mania and my experiences. It’s a very, very dangerous [...]
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