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Originally Posted by BethRags
Mixed states are the most common way BD manifests for me, although mania is usually a little higher than depression is.
If I'm not on meds mixed states are torture. Pretty much just what the name sounds like...feeling amped up, agitated, irritable, ecstatic, creative, racing thoughts, racing body, self-righteous, self aggrandizing / physically exhausted, somewhat paranoid, discouraged, guilty, thoughts of suicide.
That more or less explains it.
Keep in mind that major life changes, such as menopause, often cause BD symptoms to exacerbate.
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Mine is like this, the agitation is accompanied by a very visceral kind of anxiety, the skin crawling kind, where I scrub myself raw in the shower because I'm either having a tactile hallucination (bugs crawling under my skin) or feeling like I could crawl out of my own skin)
Ugh, just a completely horrid experience, I'd take up or down anyday over both.