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Originally Posted by Double Edge
Wow, this is a real eye-opener for me. I can clearly identify many, many, many times where I've experienced pretty much all of these things you all have listed... the extreme happiness, energy, lack of chronic pain, hypersexuality, overspending, way too generous, forgetting to eat, feeling like everyone around me is a total moron and I am superior in every way, full of confidence, social anxiety is gone, drinking too much, I'm the center of attention, *knowing* I am the life of the party, not being able to shut up, interrupting people talking, wanting to stay out all night. I don't know if I'm really helping you out, OP, but this thread is definitely making me feel way less alone with this recent Bipolar I dx. So thank you, all... wow. Intense.
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Ha-ha yeah it's pretty much why I started the thread
I was Dx'd with Bipolar 2 early this year but I found I couldn't relate to people with bipolar because most people only describe their extreme experiences.
But yeah it's comforting to know that I indeed relate to a lot of these experiences. Lack of chronic pain, definitely over spending, major flight of ideas, one time I dropped all my savings on starting a business that failed a few months later when I fell into a deep depression, almost became a call girl even though I'm terrified of sex (idk man I was really obsessed with the idea, it was bizarre), haha and omg the feeling like people are idiots (though I mostly feel that anyway tbh but more so when hypomanic), extremely talkative and I think I'm hilarious, sharing too much personal information etc. Sometimes I would have weird sensations on my arms and legs. Does anyones vision get weird? Environment/objects seen from your peripherals look brighter than usual and things are kind of choppy because you're moving so fast?
But then afterwards it usually ends in a mixed episode
Anyway, keep them coming! It's very interesting to read these experiences and thank you to everyone who has contributed so far