Mania

I'm new to this kinda... saw my T today and she said she thought I was manic.... Is there anything I can do in the meantime while I'm waiting till next week to see my pdoc, I don't think the one I saw the other day would be too impressed with me and like I said before he had his own issues when I had him as my pdoc he told me how his father was an alocholic and he became a doc to gain approval and how no matter what he could never attain it and stuff like that.

Anyway what I was wondering is can mania be treated, if so how? I mean I thought mood stabilizers did the trick; my stepmom said if that were the case then there wouldn't be anyone with bipolar and she basically said I was wrong; she was being kinda a ***** anyway; but, whatever. She said I need to take ahold of my life and not rely on some magic pill and how I was the only one who could control how I feel and act; I think this maybe true but only to a certain extent. Anybody else have an opinion on this?

Thanks!

I take several mood stabliizers, plus a benzo to take the edge off the anxiety during the manic stage. This works for me, make sure you speak with your doc to see what may work for you.

Take gentle care,
Dee

Well,your questions arent too simple to answer but......
Mania really should not be left untreated.....it can be dangerous....I want you to take care.
I only get hypomanic,which,when in that state is not nice either but here are a few things that have helped me
UNDERstimulate your self.....CALM music,being with someone you can lean on,journal,scented candles, a massage,stay away from disturbing movies,shows.....alcohol is a big no no.
I was perscribed ativan to calm my intense anxiety during periods like this too.
I dont know if this will help....but its worth a shot.
Im concerned about you evildouble.....I hope this doesnt last much longer.
Best wishes

Thanks. Me too! I can't believe I have only 4 bucks and some change in my bank account and used up all my food stamps. I am on a lot of meds. My mood stabilizer is lithium and benzo is valium among like 8 others for various side effects, heart/bp, sleep, antipsychotic is trilafon. I actually hallucinated today visually which is very rare for me... usually I hear voices. But they are very vivid and real; my hallucinations; I saw a black girl with two pigtail type braids with a denim dress and white shirt with white socks and black dress shoes sitting in the waiting room at my T's. I knew she wasn't real when all of a sudden she vanished and I didn't see or hear her leave. I wish I knew why I hallucinated really. I analyze things to death anyway....

Wow...Ive never hallucinated before.....sounds scary.Did you tell your T ?

Yea I told her about the hallucination don't remember what her response was. I just gotta hang in there till my pdoc gets back and is available sometime next week. I know the hallucination is not scarry to me; well so far the visuals aren't too disturbing; it's the others that don't. And it's part of the schizoaffective disorder so yea.