[earthangel1]

I am starting a day program tomorrow for my mania. I am angry about everything. I can't stop thinking about wanting to be the child of the royal family. I am obsessing over going to jail and am terrified when a police car drives by. I cannot sleep at all. The abilify and lithium helped because I was sooooo far out there that I thought I was a god, and when I went to pick up my abilify for the first time, I told the pharmacist I knew everything about him and I could help him with any issue he had. It's been 3 weeks since then, and the mania hasn't gone away. To make things worse my pdoc dropped me as a patient due to a missed apt. He had tapered me from 200mg Zoloft down to 150mg. And I feel like a lot of this is from the Zoloft. At first I was so euphoric and now all I want to do is smash things. The only thing that keeps me sane is my umbrella cockatoo, Dolly and God. I was diagnosed bipolar 2, but now they changed it to bipolar 1. I have never had a manic episode to this degree, just hypomania. And I've had bipolar since 17. I am now 22. Does anyone, please, have any coping strategies when I am like this? I've just been taking Benadryl and trying to sleep all day. Is there anything that's helped you if you've ever been in a state like I am? Thank you.

[Wander]

When I'm manic I find distraction, pacing activity so I don't overdo it, holding off important decisions until it passed and staying in contact with my pdoc and T. Of course medication is very helpful if you want to take it. I use anti-psychotics and Clonazepam.

[jtesta33]

The only things I've found helpful are knowledge and thinking of the mania as a living being that is working hard to destroy me.

I think this message board is helpful too, although I think it has triggered some addictive behavior. I seem stuck in a rut just reading everybody's posts all day and trying to chime in with some encouragement.

I'm in a dreadful mixed state right now. My longest and most severe manic episode came crashing down around me when I got fired a few weeks ago (for manic behavior). I can barely remember what it was like to sleep through the night. Coming here helps to remind me that there are a bunch of good people just as damaged as me.

[TMac1010]

Originally Posted by bpenniman

I am starting a day program tomorrow for my mania. I am angry about everything. I can't stop thinking about wanting to be the child of the royal family. I am obsessing over going to jail and am terrified when a police car drives by. I cannot sleep at all. The abilify and lithium helped because I was sooooo far out there that I thought I was a god, and when I went to pick up my abilify for the first time, I told the pharmacist I knew everything about him and I could help him with any issue he had. It's been 3 weeks since then, and the mania hasn't gone away. To make things worse my pdoc dropped me as a patient due to a missed apt. He had tapered me from 200mg Zoloft down to 150mg. And I feel like a lot of this is from the Zoloft. At first I was so euphoric and now all I want to do is smash things. The only thing that keeps me sane is my umbrella cockatoo, Dolly and God. I was diagnosed bipolar 2, but now they changed it to bipolar 1. I have never had a manic episode to this degree, just hypomania. And I've had bipolar since 17. I am now 22. Does anyone, please, have any coping strategies when I am like this? I've just been taking Benadryl and trying to sleep all day. Is there anything that's helped you if you've ever been in a state like I am? Thank you.

I missed when I was able to sleep all day, being depressed so much easier than hypromanic imo... Treasure those days where I am neither...

[bbTofu]

"Treasure those days where I am neither"

Golden!
Yet when hypomanic every other state seems boring & useless. Being so high feels super-vital and important for own and other's existence lol

[Mountainbard]

I hope the day program is helping.

[piano97]

How is your program going?