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Originally Posted by Angry1541
...however I know if I stay up until 4 am and have to work the next day, I can -- and have, but I never really thought about being able to do that as a symptom of my BP -- it was always just the way I was....
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I do this. A lot. And no one would know. And function totally fine. Heh. I don't say anything though, because it would probably lead to the suspicion that I was "on" something. But no. I've had that thrown at me out loud simply over my night owl ways(!) Argh! No. It's just how I am!
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Originally Posted by Angry1541
I also find that when I am swing from up to down -- I will feel the need to nap...which is TOTALLY unlike me....but then I will get up, shake of the groggy and be complete off the wall hyper...and I will do this for a few days until I completely switched.
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I normally can't nap either. Can only do it if sick or depressed. Napping disorients me and doesn't refresh at all, so there's little point to it.
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...I wonder how many of us can use their time on here and time away as indicators of swings?
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Ummmm…. lots!

Things noticed over the years….A lot of people, when they're doing well, to not be on much, then come by when it's not so much so. (Though for some people, they find themselves triggered, and it works the opposite way for them.) There's also the antsy all-over-the-forums zip -- of answering everything in sight or starting a lot of threads in rapid succession (personally, I can't sit at one thing like that unless just mildly up.) But regarding the time we spend on the forums, I'd say the biggest indicators are in the writing style. Wall of words... No paragraph breaks…Disorganized. Sometimes it is so obvious. You can feel it in reading. I've definitely seen a lot of times when others will pick up on a shift before the poster recognizes it themselves. Especially when we get to know people over time. But yeah, if we get to know our "forum ways", it could be used to good advantage right alongside other indicators we watch for (see also: "one in every color?! Sold!"

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