I have a topic I've been wanting to bring up for some time now, but I'm not really sure how to word it properly. I ask that you bare with me as I muddle thru this and I definately don't want to offend. I'm going to use the first person...just because it's easier, but I'm talking about the illness in general.

When I am cycling, either up or down, do the things I do, say, think and feel still hold legitimacy to them? Say for example, I'm manic and I'm happy for no particular reason at all, my thoughts are buzzing by and I'm full of ideas. Or even, I'm manic, I'm irritable and out of control. Are the feelings and actions and thoughts considered valid? I understand that all feelings, actions and thoughts by anyone have some legitimacy, but usually there's a reason for it that explains the thoughts, emotions, etc...
Or at the other end of the spectrum, I'm hopeless, anxious and desperate, do those feelings become less valid because of the chemical imbalance in my brain?
So what I'm getting is, if things are the product of a chemical imbalance does that cancel out or void or lessen the validity, strenth and legitimacy of them?
TgrsPurr. xo