Manic during major transitions in my life

LiteraryLark · Jun 22, 2013 at 12:04 PM

My parents have noticed a pattern that during major events or transitions in my life like graduation, school and job changes that I begin to experience manic symptoms, and as my way of coping I spend a lot of time organizing.

Right now I am ending my contract with work that I've been with for a year, I am planning on going back to college in the fall after taking a year off, and I have secured one job as an on-call subsitute and I have an interview for Mountain Mike's pizza. Those are all major transitions for me, and I have a hard time coping with all of this. So far I've done some major shopping and spent more than I intended, and I have been organizing so much that I'm exhausted at the end of the day. What can I do to cope?

LiteraryLark · 01:56 PM

I've noticed people tend not to relate to me when I am feeling mild symptoms. Yet random postings of how crazy we get on bipolar tend to get the most responses. I think the mild symptoms are important too because if we can control the mild symptoms, it can prevent the major crazy symptoms.

Nessa213 · Jun 22, 2013 at 02:04 PM

I started to put this together a few months ago, and actually, I almost feel dumb that I didn't realize it before.

When I got fired from my job... when I got fired from the NEXT job 6 months later... when my dad was in the ICU for several weeks... pregnancy/birth... I can link back every major manic episode I've had to these things. This is why I think people are under the assumption that "it gets worse with age". This is true, technically, but really it's the stresses themselves that get worse, so the episodes are intensified, especially as we get older.

That's probably why the doctors say one of the major things you can do is to "reduce the stress in your life". Well that's just all fine and dandy, but life just happens. AND, someone's normal day could be a panic inducing breakdown for me... stress is relative.

middlepath · Jun 22, 2013 at 08:42 PM

Drskipper I am in total agreement with you about trying to control the mild symptoms so they don't become major episodes. Like Nessa, too, I can trace every MAJOR episode to a stressful event.
Things I have been doing to *try* to control stress is reading/learning about mindfulness, practicing meditation (realllllly hard for me), fine-tuning my diet, exersizing, identifying triggers and seeking support in the way of friends and therapy. I still feel broken but I am trying.

I hope you get through your life transitions ok. I am always here if you need an ear : )

Victoria'smom · Jun 22, 2013 at 10:28 PM

Every stressful event has thrown me into a mania. This includes each time I visit family. meaning I come back and by the time I'm stable I have to leave again. It must be really annoying as my team.

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LiteraryLark Crowned "The Good Witch" Member Since Jun 2009 Location: Wonderland Posts: 11,535 (SuperPoster!) 14 1,318 hugs given	Jun 22, 2013 at 01:44 PM #2 I've noticed people tend not to relate to me when I am feeling mild symptoms. Yet random postings of how crazy we get on bipolar tend to get the most responses. I think the mild symptoms are important too because if we can control the mild symptoms, it can prevent the major crazy symptoms. Last edited by LiteraryLark; Jun 22, 2013 at 01:56 PM..
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