Right now I'm up I haven't been up in a while so it feels good to be okay and have the energy to do things and clean and stuff do yall have more manic times or depression ?

[Br0k3nW1ng3d]

I usually have more depression now that I'm medicated. Before prescriptions I was more likely to be dangerously manic

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[LettinG0]

I'm always more down than up......been pretty level for several weeks now which is really nice........meds are working...yay!

[Christopher1990]

Down.. the bipolar chart says there's a normal medium mood. For me the medium is slightly below normal. More down always. I wouldn't call it depression. More like feeling down

[gina_re]

I tend to swing to the depressive side more often than hypomania

[*Laurie*]

^^^ Mostly the same as what Christopher posted. Always slightly 'down', but with flashes of other moods...anxiety, euphoria, anger, and the occasional calm.

[BipolaRNurse]

I used to have more mania than depression, now it's the other way around. I wish the meds were as good at keeping the depression away as they are at preventing mania!

[fishin fool]

I feel the same as LauraBeth. She described me almost perfectly.

[gayleggg]

I have much more depression.

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[nowIgetit]

I am definitely depressed more. honestly I feel kind of like depression is my natural state of being. I wasn't always this way, I was much more high energy (I don't believe I was ever manic but definitely hypo) with occasional depressions, then in my mid twenties the depression started sticking around and the up times were few and far between. I remember thinking why did I become this way, what changed, and how can I get back to feeling up again? To me being "up" was "normal" and the depression was really hard for me to get my head around. Nowadays, since my late twenties, depression is a lot more common for me and the "up" times are always a little surprising to me.

I have much more depression. Its draining

[BlackSheep79]

I swing on the high side mostly. Every 4-6 weeks I have a few days of a slight depression, enough to call in one day. February I'm usually down. Just recently I had a two week depression which is unusual. I'd rather be hypo, not mixed of course.

[THE16THDOCTOR]

Growing up more manic. The teachers and my family thought ADHD then high school and depression hit hard then they started to mix. More depression but at like 60/40 bc I still get manic.

[secretgalaxy]

In high school, I was only depressed. This year has been pretty equal in mania and depression. But the meds, like BipolaRNurse said, is making me more depressed because they keep the mania away. I would love to level out at hypo if I had a say about it.

[raspberrytorte]

More depression.

[ozzy1313]

Depression...and lately mixed with lots of anxiety

My bipolar-ness (non-depressive) state is anger, anxiety, restlessness, and dangerous self-harm behaviors.

I have "normal" times thrown in here and there but I don't think I am EVER happy for even a day at a time

[sad-panda]

Much more down. So much more that I was diagnosed as having just depression for a long time. I almost never have happy manias either. I think that's why I never suspected bipolar because I never had a super hyper, euphoric state like it's often portrayed.

[Victoria'smom]

Mixed disphoric mania always with psychosis. Getting me back to earth is tiring.

[smallwonderer]

I'm still new to BP1 and hate/regret a lot of the stuff I do in mania (even hypo), but I am still jealous reading about those of you who are more up than down...!

[WibblyWobbly]

Originally Posted by smallwonderer

I'm still new to BP1 and hate/regret a lot of the stuff I do in mania (even hypo), but I am still jealous reading about those of you who are more up than down...!

Ditto on the jealousy.