I was in a high state of mania and the doctors first thought it was psychosis. Then I was told their is no bipolar after psychosis and that I was in a mania that appeared as a psychosis. Anyways, I came out of that months ago and I still haven't gained back everything that I've lost. I've lost my conversational skills, confidence, self-esteem, and most of what my memory was good for. I hardly speak now in social situations and feel I'm missing from the old person I use to be. Has anyone had a similar experience? It's not the meds, it's what I've lost from mania.