[Victoria'smom]

So I'm manic, well hypomanic. How do you tell which one it is? I'm not psychotic.

[Victoria'smom]

I'm not bipolar.

[polesapart]

While I'm in it I can't tell - the higher I am, the more convinced I am that there's nothing wrong with me. It's a blurry line anyway as it depends on functional impairment (mania) or not (hypomania).

[~Christina]

Originally Posted by Miguel'smom

I'm not bipolar.

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Since when are you not Bipolar?

Hypo....is elevated and pretty much go about your life

Mania... Your world explodes and you make horrible choices and are a danger to yourself and family.

[Victoria'smom]

Since when are you not Bipolar?**10pm ish? I'll admit I get psychosis at times but I don't get high. I do get depressed. I think t thinks I'm somewhere in between. I haven't snapped on him yet but he's getting there. I had to inform him I do NOT plan to go to the hospital. He did get done reading my 200+ page file.

[~Christina]

Now would be a good time to take your PRN's . Can you do some self grounding? This is how some of your past episode started out like.

Sure you don't WANT to go IP , But if you slip into a danger to yourself or family then , well.. You might have too.

Try to think using Logic .. No one just stops having Bipolar at 10pm on a random Friday night.

Be proactive, take your meds as prescribed, Advise your husband about your denial of Bipolar diagnosis. He needs a heads up on this.

Stay safe

[Victoria'smom]

My prn will make me sleep or not. It's not a ap. I'm laying down for hours to rest. Does biting oneself count as being a harm to yourself? I spent all our $ we have $7 for the month.

Originally Posted by polesapart

While I'm in it I can't tell - the higher I am, the more convinced I am that there's nothing wrong with me. It's a blurry line anyway as it depends on functional impairment (mania) or not (hypomania).

Thiscoul be a symptom of mania.

I have experiene with both. I have been full on manic without the psychosis. While i wasn't seeing things, halucinating, etc, i was making unrealistic decisions in my life and interpreting things different than those around me.

(For example, I was once pushed by a customer. I inerpreted this as an all out attack and thought my life was in jeopardy. ) isuppose some woildcall that delusional.

Hypomania. I understand is when you get the elevated state before crossing over to that state of being unrealistic. You rush to make decisions, take risks like speeding, spending money, craving socialization that might be inappropriate. Hypomania is a very e joyable state. But we are aware we arein it. I don't think this is the case with full on mania.

(Sorry about my typos. I'm having bad tre ors this morning)

[Mountainbard]

How are you doing today?

[Victoria'smom]

I slept like 5 hours broken. I'm almost dizzy my heads going to much. My mother in our is taking over our bills.

[Capriciousness]

I think it may be true that you are Bipolar and I think it may also be true that you are manic.
The others raised good points.

What can you do to get safe?

[Victoria'smom]

Why wouldn't I be? I can't hurt myself but that would feel so nice..



I told my husband I'm not bipolar. He busted out laughing and listed a bunch of my transgressions.

[Victoria'smom]

So what to do if I am hypomanic? Should I still take my prn if it just could possibly put me to sleep? I see pdoc mid-November. My husband sees him in 9 days. We'll see if pdoc says anything. Hopefully I'll be calm and collected by that time.

Why is it so important that you not be labeled or diagnosed bipolar?

[Victoria'smom]

Why is it so important that you not be labeled or diagnosed bipolar?

People without bp don't take meds.