[RomanJames2014]

Lately, I have been more on the manic side of life. Unfortunately not euphoric and happy manic, but nervous, and angry and irritable.
My problem right now is that I a under so much stress and instead of just relaxing at home, I find myself working a lot more (harder) and I find myself adding projects and tasks to my "to Do" list.

Do any of you guys ever d this? I usually am a busy bee when it comes to being more manic but this time it is causing too much anxiety. AGHH Is this common??

[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

My hypo periods in the last couple of years have been like you're describing - the energy, anxiety and irritability/anger without the happiness/euphoria/creativity that I usually love. I'm not sure why this is happening, but it's not fun, and you're not alone in it.

I will often get a lot more done when hypo, but lately it's not because I'm feeling high and energetic - it's almost a reaction to the agitation which then feeds into the agitation even more.

[mindwrench]

My dark times have got darker over the years and more frequent. I think life events can and do have a hand in this change, but I also think there is a progression of Bipolar to damage our thought process over time causing the dark side to be more prevalent. If there were only euphoria and happyness associated with my mania life would be okay (if I didn't get hurt or worse doing crazy things). But the dark side of mania has dismantled my life till I don't recognize it.