I've never had computer time trigger a mood episode but it has affected my emotions at times. I will get excited when I get a lot of views on my work page, or I will get sad when I receive abusive PM's. But proper mood episodes? Well I am extremely surprised to hear that is even possible. Ask your T or pdoc about that I think
I do however get 'addicted' to the net easily, especially when my antipsychotics are at a higher dose. I can lose hours without realising it.
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Originally Posted by TheatreKid
That's interesting. For me, internet/facebook can make me excited or give a shift in my mood, but it's not responsible for my bipolar mood symptoms.
Likewise, communicating with other bipolar people face to face has affected my mood greatly in the past. I went to an in-person support group once and talked to a guy the whole time and our energies were just feeding off of each other and I felt hypomanic by the end. It wasn't true hypomania though, because once I went home it didn't last. I have never had such an experience with a non-bipolar person before though.
Friends, acquaintances, and people I don't even know have been able to tell in the past whether I'm manic or depressed by what I post on facebook, or in discussion forums.
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I've had a similar experience with BP people face to face, when I was younger myself and a girl in hospital would feed of each others hypomania, but it wasnt real hypomania as it only lasted for a few days or sometimes as short as hours. It was really bizarre being spurred on in that state by someone in a similar state. I havent really had it happen again since then, I think I am more in control now than I was when first diagnosed.