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Old Jun 18, 2015, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Skywalking View Post
Just having a lot of hobbies you pick up and put down doesn't make you bipolar. That said, I am diagnosed bipolar, and I've done a lot of the things you describe - get really into or excited about a project or hobby, research it in depth, plan everything out, look for deals...but either it fades quickly or I set it aside after a while. Sometimes I'll go back and pick it up, sometimes not. Right now I have about $200 worth of yarn sitting in storage for a big project I planned out in great detail, but never even started. It's about great intentions that don't get followed through.

These are some factors that might help you work it out:

Do your purchases leave you in financial difficulty?
Do you have a house that looks like a Home Depot demonstration area because of all the unfinished projects?
Do you feel out of control, or feel pressure to do these projects RIGHT now?
Do you make a lot of impulse buys?
Do you eventually (and frequently) wonder what in the world you were doing spending that money on these projects, after a little time has passed?
Do people around you act like you're doing something strange when you start or drop these hobbies, or tell you it's not a good idea?

The thing is, excessive spending/poor impulse control is just one factor to consider. Anybody could get into those patterns. If you're doing these things while you're also not sleeping, having racing thoughts, talking a lot more than usual, thinking you're going to develop a new strain of strawberry that will revolutionize the gardening world, being unusually sexually active, on a hair-trigger temper, feel pressured like you can't slow down...

Then this might warrant additional consideration as a bipolar thing. But bipolar hypo symptoms aren't standalone. You'll see a pattern of similar behaviors during that time.

Hope that helps. Good luck with your strawberries!

ETA: One surefire way to test this is to set yourself a three-day waiting period. If, at the end of three days, suddenly making that purchase isn't so important or interesting, then it may have been a mood thing.

Lol actually I do feel some sense of urgency to get these things so I can plant my seedlings. They're still in the starter cups not growing bc they're too little.

And I did get angry with my mom for keeping my car out past the time I told her to bring it back bc I wanted to go drive to another city to pick up the Grow barrels.

I had NO sleep on Monday but it was because I took 30 mg vyvanse at 2 pm (so stupid I know) but I took it yesterday too and I slept (2am-8am) but I do feel a tad keyed up on it.

I don't think I'm talking any differently though.

I thought vyvanse would make me more productive (homework wise) but I don't feel like doing homework I want to play in the garden.

I'm going to lose ten points for submitting my paper two days late but I'm doing a ten point extra credit paper to make up for it so my grade will remain the same (an A)

Btw here's my very first strawberry. Warning: it is microscopic and a magnifying glass may be required, lol

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