**Disclaimer: NO, I did not post this in the wrong section, I WILL get to bipolar disorder related part, but the first part is relevant.

Sorry for the long post, but please read!

I'm 17 and just had my 10th round (out of 12) of ECT after an episode of severe depression that had me admitted to the psych ward as an involuntary patient (against my will) for 4 ****ing months following what doctors say was a "clinically significant overdose". I almost died and ended up in ICU connected to a million tubes and wires and machines. For the first 3 months I had so much med changes/increases. But I was still severely depressed, had very strong thoughts and intentions of going through with killing myself. I was sleeping all day, and then slept all night. Being awake was torturous, all I wanted was to be gone. To stop thinking, to just make everything stop.

By the 4th month, they started ECT. Having it done 3x a week, at first I didn't think that the ECT was doing anything and then and I started noticing a change.

However the past couple treatments I've been noticing a significant difference, feeling better than the last, and obviously, I am very happy that I feel better. It feels great to feel great. However I've noticed it to be almost like a "high" and i feel very very energetic/positive/talkative/random/hyperactive. I have heard of/done research online about "ECT induced mania/hypomania" and was wondering if anyone has had experience/knowledge with this.

Even my staff (The child and youth worker assigned to me on the psych unit today, and the worker yesterday,) has told me that i'm acting bizarre or saying weird things. But I honestly just feel excited/relaxed/happy.

Yesterday my mom was so concerned, (along with the hospital staff) that they were convinced that I had overdosed on something because of my "strange" behaviour, and had to do a full blood workup on me and medical tests to "make sure" i hadn't overdosed, no matter HOW hard i tried to convince them that I didn't do anything. They just viewed it has even more suspicious behaviour because i was trying "too hard to convince/manipulate" them that i was fine (because I was)

Anyways, sorry for the insanely long post, and btw I have NOT been diagnosed with ANY type of bipolar disorder, however I'm concerned I may possibly have it because I read that ECT can cause mania to "surface from hiding" for people who have never been manic, OR been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, but if you do get ECT induced mania, it proves you have Bipolar disorder, because it exacerbates symptoms and make them show up faster.(According to what I've read online, I'm no expert, especially since I'm not diagnosed with bipolar disorder)