the only symptom of (hypo)mania I don't relate to at all is the talking too much/loud/fast. I definitely feel an increased urge to communicate and share my (uninhibited) thoughts and feelings and call people up more than usual, but I don't talk so much or so fast that people can't follow or get a word in. In fact, sometimes I have so many thoughts moving so fast that I feel like I CAN'T really talk, or don't even want to try - this is when I actually avoid people so I can be alone with and write down all of my *amazing* ideas

what about you?

[pirilin]

I do everything bipolar does. Only I don't have it.

I talk super fast and in an overly excited fashion. Some people go with it and are kind, other people make a big deal out of it like it's really bad. I try not to talk when I get like this, but it's hard. I talk my husbands hear off, it's raised his anxiety a few times. My rapid speech was one of the things they used to commit me against my will recently. I need to gain control over it.

[st0psign]

I don't talk much to begin with. but I definitely talk more when I'm manic, not sure if its always fast, but it can be at times.

[Coconutzo]

Originally Posted by thepterodactyl

the only symptom of (hypo)mania I don't relate to at all is the talking too much/loud/fast. I definitely feel an increased urge to communicate and share my (uninhibited) thoughts and feelings and call people up more than usual, but I don't talk so much or so fast that people can't follow or get a word in. In fact, sometimes I have so many thoughts moving so fast that I feel like I CAN'T really talk, or don't even want to try - this is when I actually avoid people so I can be alone with and write down all of my *amazing* ideas


what about you?

This is me for sure. My last pdoc was so confused by it. She would say she could tell I couldn't keep up with my thoughts but was confused by lack of rapid speech. I sort of just fidget and vibrate. I try so hard to seem ok. I do the same thing as you and avoid people. Especially when I am very very manic. I will hide and rock and hit and scratch myself or things to let go of the energy

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[JustJace2u]

I'm still in what I like to call the 'learning phase' of being Bipolar. I have noticed that I do get a little loud at times, but I don't feel like I talk fast enough to the point where people can't understand me. I'm the shy/quiet type to begin with, so for me to talk as much and as often as I do it must mean something. Maybe someday I'll figure it all out

For me it is not speed that is the issue - it's quanitity

[fishin fool]

I don't get the rapid speech either, even when my thoughts are racing.
I think I get kinda quiet and try to avoid people and just deal with my
rapid thoughts and brilliant ideas by myself.

[OctobersBlackRose]

Originally Posted by thepterodactyl

the only symptom of (hypo)mania I don't relate to at all is the talking too much/loud/fast. I definitely feel an increased urge to communicate and share my (uninhibited) thoughts and feelings and call people up more than usual, but I don't talk so much or so fast that people can't follow or get a word in. In fact, sometimes I have so many thoughts moving so fast that I feel like I CAN'T really talk, or don't even want to try - this is when I actually avoid people so I can be alone with and write down all of my *amazing* ideas

what about you?

I feel like I'm kind of the same way, I am a white/shy person, introverted as it already is, but I do get more talkative when I'm (hypo)manic, but for me it is way more can't catch my thoughts, they're very disorganized, and racing so fast, that I'll jump from thought to thought in a matter of seconds. And I can't write anything down cause it'll come out as a jumbled disorganized mess. So I just sometimes avoid people so they don't know what is going on...

[TimTheEnchanter]

Yes, same here. It pains not to chat or talk a bit when hypo-manic. When I lived alone I would call old girlfriends and one of the woman's sister told me to seek help, I was diagnosed only 20 years later
The inhibition is gone and you just say what you think...very true!
The trick is now, I post online or make videos...it helps..

Normally introverted, shy, and rarely talk (except with BF). Hypo gets me talking. Even to random strangers(!) ("To" is more appropriate than "with". Sometimes, "at" is more like it, lol.)

I'm driven to talk. Major quantity increase. And fast, yes, but mostly it's the disorganization that people can't follow. It can be like talking about seven things at once, randomly changing tracks. Often intermixed with sudden stops, derailments of having NO IDEA where I am, what I was talking about. Over-scrambled maybe.