[Imah]

I'm 50. I avoided steady treatment for over 30 years. When I read: 'crazy things you did while manic' I mostly think: Amateurs. I have seriously acted weird at times with this disorder.

After I was fired from 1 job to many, and had to face and accept my disorder I began to see how 'weird' I can be. Now more then ever I want to seem normal when I go out.

Today I am manic. manic, manic. Only 3 hours of sleep, and if anyone noticed by how many posts I responded to today, I am opinionated, god complex/ smarter then everyone - over confident and bit grouchy which comes with the impatience of being so dominant feeling. In 1/2 hourish I have to go into public and go shopping, plus buy presents for a couple kids I don't know that well.

I want to seem normal, and I really have little idea what that is. I want to be nice. Patient - basically everything I am not actually feelings. I also have gotten to the age point (earlier then some) that I don't want to change for anyone.

Please offer clear specific points and how to's- QUICK!

LOL!~ <3 TO ALL. ("help + mew", says the kitten - "roar, outa my way", says the tiger)

[Mrs. Mania]

Focus on people's social cues when you feel your out of line. If you pick up on anything, shut up! Better to appear quiet (hard while manic) than crazy

[gayleggg]

Focus on slowing down your breathing. It's hard to act crazy when you are feeling calm.

[Imah]

I am back. I hope 8 year old girls would like butterfly duct tape, and flower pots with pretty designs on the outside. The pencils were too long for the homemade container I so I sawed off the bottom inch. The taxi over charged me by 2.75 but I didn't say anything. All in all, thank god I am home. Now I can come down (hopefully) and not crash to hard.

Thank you for commenting - and thank you for psych central accepting me and all of us in whatever shape we bring ourselves here for when we want to share. Hey, at least we bring ourselves here.

Hope your well Imah.

When I'm manic, I'm never worried about how I'm coming across because I know I'm coming across as a crazy person having a blast! If I look like I'm crazy, oh well, I'm on a roll! I'll deal with it when I'm done!

[RisuNeko]

I think because I have an ever present anxiety disorder combined with bipolar I'm better at faking it than a lot of people. No one at work probably suspects I'm manic right now because my anxiety so strongly keeps me in check from appearing too weird. You probably don't want the level of anxiety I have all the time though, so that's not much of a solution.