Manic Episode...

Can you please describe a manic episode without exaggerating the facts and emotions please?

Thanks

Manic episodes are a cluster of symptoms.......I've been manic for roughly 3 weeks now..... agigtation can be 1 symptome which surprised me......they always made manic seem so.....glamourous...LOL.........my favorite part is little or no impluse control....not sleeping....and eating constantly....where ever you are is exactly where you don't want to be.......but the really big fun is the psychomotor agitation....can't be still, pacing...definitely MY favorite ( wink)

i had one noticable one the other day. Talking really fast, running around, doing anything active like jumping or spinning. Happiness for no or little reasons. Really hyper. You're like in love with life and the world. You get distracted really easily. I was talking so fast about constantly changing subjects that my mind couldn't even sit still on one subject. that's about all i can think of at the moment but there is a link at the top of the page that should give you more information.

I think that my email writing would be considered pretty much the same as the talking. I write LONG, detailed emails that go on and on. I try to do short replies, but it still gets out of hand. Then I wait at the desk - waiting for a response. Seems very obsessive.

I, like others here, talk too fast & have racing thoughts, but feel tremendously GOOD. Have much more self-confidence, which is not typical for me. I also sleep little, pace a lot, and SHOP a lot (like an $800.00 vacuum cleaner, gold plated tweezers for my daughter & myself, books galore, clothes, etc.)

I have a note to myself in my wallet to NOT call, write, e-mail, smoke signals, any way of communicating with other people, because I will contact people I haven't spoken to in years, will call in the middle of the night & then regret it. I get too "cozy" with people--I just love everyone & my husband doesn't care for that behavior at parties where I am cuddling up to some man I just met.

I find myself counting in my head to stop the flow of ideas & thoughts. It can become overwhelming when they rush in so fast. I feel like I need to act on all these thoughts & feelings. I'm impulsive--drive too fast, spend too much, talk too much. It feels like a huge adrenaline rush all the time. I guess that is what it really is for me--too much of everything. Everything becomes a crusade & I'm the leader who will solve the problems of the world.

I think if you just check the med sites like this one for symptoms of mania you will find a good list. I don't have all the symptoms, like hypersexuality, but do have most of them.

g'day,I am type 2 but with reading and research have realised I definately have had type 1 often,as the others have said,the same for me,my main symptoms are talking more than usual and really fast,cause the ideas in my mind go to hyperdrive,the brain just goes 100 miles an hour,and as mentioned you want to communicate it all,in a hurry,you become very energetic,happy as anything,confident and as also mentioned love everything around you,it's a great buzz but the sleep goes haywire and thats when the problems start with the down side.You feel on top of the world.

well my favorite is that everything I think seems perfect and brillliant and I must pursue that thought immediately. I have massive energy and can't sit still. I go from not being able to focus on anything to extreme focus on many things and many ideas. I'm happy for everything and instead of taking hours to fall asleep, when I'm manic I fall asleep immediately and then wake up fully refreshed one hour later. For me, it feels like I was going along ok and then someone plugged me in and now I'm WIRED BABY! My house gets super clean and organized and I outline my plans for all the ideas I get. Shopping is very fun and happy. I especially fall into the buying lots of books I'm planning to read trap to the tune of $650. Haven't been this wired though in over 5 years so it's a little different this time.

Wow, I haven't experienced that for 6 yrs. and so much the same as you stated. For 8 months I'd only need to sleep 2 hrs per day,attended college part time,cared for the home,and loved shopping when time allowed,I must admit it's the greatest feeling (mild mania/hypomania)I've ever had.
felt,but sadly we know it doesn't last,things deteriorate.
I melyed down,fell apart,fallen in such a depression,I developed suicidal idealities. Some of this may be the heredity thing,but lots of it was triggered from someone being unloyal,which freaked me out. Soooooooooo, I agreed with my T and pdoc who then DXed and started treatment, I'd volunteerily sign in the hospital,after 10 days I was stabilized on meds and followed up with therapy and pdoc visits for med monitoring. Up until this age and event (someone breaking my heart) I had never had any symptoms nor did anyone ever think I had a problem.
It can be strange when all of a sudden Bipolar attacks you.

For me it comes down to activity level in all areas. When manic I usually find that I'm suddely a very involved member of about a dozen different discussion forums, have lots of story ideas, start lots of different projects and believe I will complete each and every one of them.

When I come down I suddenly find I can no longer keep up with all the forums and other things to which I have committed myself, don't complete any of the projects I have begun, and begin to sever contact with all the (literally) many many people wiht whom I have established acquiantances until I am alone with my own dire thoughts.