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Originally Posted by Zebra821
Hi! So I recently posted a thread on the general forum and was directed here.
I'm 22 and living with bipolar disorder.
I am obsessed with the highs. Everything seems so dull if it's not completely amazing and colorful. Life is depressing without mania. I was offered a mood stabilizer (I'm already on abilify) and I was so devastated. What would I do without that feeling of invincibility? How do you guys deal with being "normal" when you've felt so amazing before hand? Everything seems so... sub-par.
Thanks in advance  |
Hey not to rain on your parade, but it's taken me years to accept that not being in a euporic hypmainia is okay...It's so difficult since the highs are so wonderful. However, in just 5 minutes of a high, I nearly lost everything like my family, job, almost got a felony, was in 12 point restraints, all because I was trying to sustain hypomania. Where most of the time I'm a little down, since I'm bipolar II, but in nearly 22 years in a low episode, I've never once attempted suicide or done anything detrimental to me or my family. I'd just caution you to be careful with hympomania/mania...best of luck and you can learn to be happy not being hympomanic/manic!!!!