The first sign I'm on the upswing: over-sharing

I know my mood is on the way up when I walk away from a conversation and thinking to myself "why in the hell did I just tell them that?" Also, wanting to share anthing I find mildly interesting and every halfway clever thougt I have on Facebook, then often feeling paranoid about overloading people and saving the rest of the thoughts as drafts in Gmail for futur use. I still have like 30 drafts saved.

All in all it could be much worse.

i know what you mean. there is never any need to tell anyone that i think too much about suicide. this hypomania makes me very chatty. you can guess when i had hypomania by looking at my posts here. whenever i am posting more frequently it is because of hypomania. also there is this hypersexuality and i sometimes smile for no reason...

Me too. Sometimes I just don't shut up and later regret sharing my thoughts. *sigh*

I get louder, and I start the giggles. And I do regret often what I say.

I say stupid/inappropriate things, too. Sometimes it is so embarrassing later. Its like the speech filter that most people were issued at birth somehow passed me by. You know how they have something called "buyers remorse" when you make a big purchase? Well, I think I get "hypo-remorse" when I look back and remember what i said or did!

So nice to be in a place where people understand you. I feel like I could of written the above posts they fit me so well.

bahahaha!! I overshare too! I've never really paid attention to when that happens though... I'll have to start paying attention to it! But I definitely will overshare in the TMI department... and later on go "??!?! wtf?" about myself. Then sometimes avoid talking to that person for a bit as I'm not really sure what they would have made of whatever I said!

During my last hypo episode, before they upped the quetiapine, I remember writing two ex-girlfriends nice little messages about my current goings on and wishing them well and such. Probably not a great idea, but probably not the end of the world either. Unfortunately, what I don't remember and found out later is that these 'messages' were more like 1000+ word essays detailing my all of the ordeals of the past two years, including how much I was actually drinking while I was with them, rehab, the ensuing sobriety (and still continuing, thank my lucky stars (actually, screw that, thank my hard work and dedication)) and outing myself as a crazy person, in those words as I recall (it might have been board certified crazy person). Well, one of them was my first true heartbreak, so of course, she got a follow up 500+ word addendum. Neither responded.

I think I've gotten myself into more trouble and embarrassed myself more on the internet in my couple short hypo episodes than in all my years of drinking. But after reading some of the horror stories around here, I do feel thankful that this is in about the 80th percentile of dumb **** I've done. It can always be worse, usually much worse.

@lil_better_everyday funny i pretend like all that embarrassing stuff never happened what other option do we have anyway... thank god i have bipolar 2, at least mania are not that bad... but still, i am straight guy most of the times but when hypomania hits i suddenly start thinking guys are cute too thank god i don't drink alcohol .... i think i am oversharing...

Heh. I call that speech filter "the gatekeeper". Especially when the train gets rolling... After saying something where choice of words having totally unintended innuendo, something just way more than was a good idea, or just plain stupid, I'll lament, "oh crap, the gatekeeper has left the building".
Sometimes though, he is on the clock. He's caught some real whoppers. When that happens, I laugh/snort and say, "Oh, TG for the gatekeeper!" Lol.

On the upswing, I just never shut up and random thoughts will leap from brain to mouth and track to track. Even more than usual. Just ask BF.