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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I'm just curious 
(1) What is your mania/hypomania like?
(2) What is the *worst* thing you've done while hypomanic or manic?
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(1) I'm currently diagnosed as BP 1, but I think I might be BP 2. I'm fortunate that I don't get psychosis. I mostly sleep 3-4 hours a night, I drive really fast/recklessly, and I sometimes spontaneously buy things that catch my eye (I once bought a $550 guitar because I thought it looked nice lol). I also get super distracted and I can't stop smiling/giggling.
(2) Probably not that bad compared to some of you, but I once drove 110 mph on the highway the whole way from home to work at 4:30 in the morning. I had no reason to speed or get to work early. I just thought it was fun. lol. I was lucky I didn't get pulled over! And yes, there was some traffic that I swerved around, and it took me ~18 minutes to get to work instead of the usual 35. |
1) when I was younger I would get manic and stay up for days. And I would make bad decisions about serious commitments like when I decided to go to cosmetology school. I finished the schooling only to come to the conclusion that I definitely didn't want to make a career out of it and I never even took the state board test.
2) as far as the worst thing I've done... I really don't know if it was my BP or BPD to blame but when I was self medicating with alcohol I would make horrible decisions like drinking and driving, taking different substances ect. Or random hookups with men I hardly knew. I'm lucky I've never been in jail or hurt anyone.
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