My friend Karyn explains euphoric bipolar mania!

Hi Julie,

You asked me to explain my view on your euphoric mania. It was good for me to write it down. I can see how much more I understand than we first met almost six years ago!

I’ve always thought of mania as a “Euphoric”high,the feeling that we all have at times that is exacerbated with someone with bipolar disorder. You tell me you feel like you can do no wrong,you feel great,you can’t believe you’ve ever been depressed. You can spend money,make big decisions,all with this state of mind. I compare it to making decisions with a depressed mind,you don’t want to do that either.

It’s like two ends of a spectrum and they were really hard for me to get clear on at first.

It may feel great to be on a manic high,but it seems uncontrollable to me. You make  decisions that are [ Read More ]





Posted on September 29th,2011 | Tags:,,,, | Category:About Julie,Mania

Over the Top and Below the Norm –Bipolar Ups and Downs

A good friend of mine who has bipolar disorder and I were talking about the ups and downs of bipolar disorder and I said,

 “Up sort of implies something good and down implies something bad. It’s not like that with bipolar disorder. Mania is just as ‘bad’ and as dangerous as depression. You’ve been in the hospital with mania and depression- and my mania – even though it’s euphoric has actually wrecked my life just as much as the depression.“

So,I decided that I need another way to describe the illness that shows how both the up and the down are ‘bad.’ I came up with over the top and below the norm. Some people have trouble with the word normal- I don’t. I know that I’m not normal when I get depressed or manic! I can compare myself to the millions of people around the world without the illness. When I get manic [ Read More ]





Posted on July 14th,2011 | Tags:,,, | Category:Bipolar Symptoms,Depression,Mania

Ok:A note to my dear friends…summer bipolar mania has arrived!

Ok:A note to my dear friends…summer bipolar mania has arrived [ Read More ]





BP Magazine Blog:Dysphoric Mania. I’ve got to get out of here! I hate my life!

BP Magazine Blog:Dysphoric Mania. I’ve got to get out of here! I hate my life! [ Read More ]





Posted on July 4th,2011 | Tags:,,, | Category:Mania

Bipolar Disorder Moodswings

We have to learn an entirely new language when bipolar disorder comes into our lives. 

Here is some very basic information:

There are two types of bipolar disorder:Bipolar one and Bipolar two. The difference between the two is mania.

Bipolar One:Those diagnosed with bipolar I (one) experience depression along with full blown mania. 

70% of these full blown  manic episodes involve psychosis ..and hospitalization is common,especially during a first episode. (The age of this episode is usually teens to early 20s.)

Biopolar Two:Those with bipolar II (two) have depression with a milder form of mania called hypomania.   Hypomania is milder than full blown mania,but can still be very destructive financially,sexually, in the work place and for all relationships.

All forms of mania can be destructive in a very short amount of time,especially if a person makes a life changing decision when ill.

Rapid Cycling:If a person has four [ Read More ]





Mania:all right everyone- we have a reader who needs our help.

Hi Julie

I am in a manic state right now and it feels so good after being severely depressed for over two years. At this time I am doing something that is both destructive and dishonest. I am “talking to/dating”four men at the same time (three of them have expressed their love and desire for long term relationships with me). While most of our recent interaction has been over the internet and telephone I have arranged visits with all of them. They are not strangers to me (I have known them all for many years) and I know this behavior and perhaps our friendships have got to stop. The problem is I don’t know how to tell these men that I can’t be involved with them anymore with out hurting them and making myself look absolutely foolish and of poor moral character (so far I have had sex with three of them). Two of [ Read More ]





Posted on November 20th,2010 | Tags:,,,, | Category:Mania
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