A very close friend of mine was just in the hospital for ten days- he had a manic episode. This is only his second in over ten years. They can sneak up on you so fast. The signs were there, but he thought he was just feeling better after being depressed for a few months.
August is a dangerous month for mania – mania loves, loves, loves the sun!
If you think you’re getting manic or you see the signs in someone that they are starting a manic episode, you can go to the menu on the right and click on the manic button- it will show you all of my past mania blogs. There are many ideas on what you can do next.
The manic button is the panic button!
Julie
Hi Julie, I’m an avid writer (un-published) turned blogger and have had major mood issues/swings my entire life. I’m 39 and over the course of my life I’ve been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADD, exercise bulimia, you name it. Antidepressents never worked – they made me more OCD. I’ve been taking 30 mgs of Dextroamphetimine for Adult ADD for the past 4 years. Its kept me somewhat stable and helped me focus more BUT my brain chatter, freak outs/panic attacks, confusion, paranoia, OCD etc haven’t stopped.
I recently had a major freak out and am on medical leave from work. I found your blog today after my Dr. said I may have “psychosis”. The brain chatter you mention in one of your posts is something I’ve been dealing with daily. In fact, I thought I was the only one dealing with that until I read it on your blog! I blogged about that on my blog last week!
I had told my Psychiatrist, my D-Amp script writer, about the negative thoughts and words I keep hearing and he said I just need to think positive and put me on Klonopin. Suffice to say, I’m looking for another dr. so I can get another opinion. I’ve been tracking everything since I had my major freak out in July…if you want to read the details.
Anyway, do you know a good dr. that can properly diagnose me? I’m in Seattle. Maybe you could check out my blog sometime. (if you want to feel normal). :o)
I mentioned your blog in my posting today. It helped me to find your blog today. Thank you for putting a face with your illness; its embarrasing for me to claim my issues, but it feels better knowing I’m not the only one. Thanks for that. TAH
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hey uhh “wilted poppy” quick question… extremely curious if you did take the Klonopin prescription or if you just didnt fill it and looked for a second opinion as you had mentioned. A very close friend of mine who is also a coworker/ ? had mentioned to me months ago they were a type one diabetic along with ADD,anxiety and bipolar manic-depressive disorder. he sometimes abused his Klonopin prescription but it was only like 30 pills a month so not much Of a Benzo withdrawal there. they also drink beer occasionally and had been doing a good amount of methamphetamine almost every day for the past three months however he did take breaks in between those months for at least a week or so at a time Cold turkey and he was fine just a little moody but that was it. all of a sudden at the end of August the symptoms that everybody is talking about I don’t get it please respond to this comment because i dont get it. i’ll explain later if you respond . thanks, Robyb s