[bewise93]

Yesterday I was in Walmart buying things I didn't necessarily need. I was feeling good. A little irritable, but I thought "It's just because it's rainy I feel irritable. I have a naturally auburn brown hair. I saw hair dye for jet black, and thought "Why not?" So yesterday I dyed my hair, scheduled an appointment for a tattoo. Last night I slept 3 hours. Today I've been drinking coffee and feeling like I am the best looking guy in the whole world. Then it dawned on me "hypomania?" I see my pdoc tomorrow. I decided to cancel the appointment for a Chinese alphabet tattoo. I've never had a tattoo before. My mom called me this morning and she's like "What's going on? You've never dyed your hair before and you've never wanted a tattoo." I said, "Mom, I stopped eating gluten last week so now I'm just a happy person." hmmm...then I thought "What if this is the early stages of mania?" I already take 600mg of Seroquel at night so that should have stopped the mania for me, but I guess I'm just going to have to be happy for a little bit. Isn't that a shame?

[Tkb1966]

I've gone from long brown hair to a short blond pixie just on a last second whim. I don't think things through sometimes either. Hair you can dye back and grow out though. Don't get a tattoo when your like this. It's permanent and you don't want to live with regret. It feels good now to be hypomanic but it won't feel good when it's done and you've done things you regret.

[thickntired]

It is common to drastically change your hair. I also got a huge tattoo once.

[bioChE]

I'd second the suggestion to hold off on the tattoo. You can give it enough time to decide if it's what you really want.

[franz kafka]

If there is a chance you're hypomanic, hold off on the tattoo. Anyway it's best to do a lot of research on tattoo artists before you go in.

[liveforsummer]

Been there with the hair dyeing. IMO hold off on the tattoo. Think about it. You can still do it in a few months if you still really want it. I've been thinking of a tattoo for a year now and finally made an appointment for a consult.
Take care!

[Slightlydelusional]

I got two tattoos when in a mania 15 years ago. I regret it so much, but at least they are on my upper arms so they are hidden.

I wish I could die my hair black, Im as bald as they get .

[HALLIEBETH87]

I've gotten many piercings and tattoos while manic. Also...I can just be impulsive. Maybe you're just being impulsive?

[Guiness187055]

Some of your behavior lets me think you are suffering from a touch of hypomania. I don't know you though so take it with a grain of salt.

[~Christina]

My way of deling with tattoos is wait 30 days IF i still want it BAM I am getting ink !

Your hair will grow thats not a huge deal , as mentioned Hair grows.

[Sunflower123]

I agree with the other posters. I used to dye my hair frequently. That can be easily fixed, a tattoo less so. It does sound like you might be hypomanic. Take care.

[raspberrytorte]

I dyed my hair burgundy the other night. I'm not hypo though.

I'd wait on the tattoo too. It's good you canceled it.

[Standup2me]

I think that I've coloured my hair just about every colour possible when manic.
I'm very blonde, with pale skin and blue eyes.
I coloured my hair jet black once, and could not stop laughing about my black hair and eyebrows so blonde you can hardly see them
Ah, the things we do

[Woolly Bugger]

I don't understand tattoos. I really don't.

[mossanimal]

Since getting my bipolar diagnosis it's put my dad's behavior in perspective and the wreck he made of his life through cyclic passions, volatile cessations of those passions and job changes. Once he got a big poofy perm out of the blue. All the local kids were laughing about it and I was so embarrassed. It made no sense at the time. I would give anything to go back in time and let him know what may have been going on...

[still_crazy]

hi. i dont know about diagnosis, but tattoos are difficult to get rid of, so id take a step back before you go there. the hair dye...well, you're young, and its more OK now to change one's hair color than it was in years past. the products around now aren't as horrible as when i was younger, so...fixing hair dye mistakes and misadventures as lot more easily do-able than in years past, too. a skilled hair colorist, of course, can work wonders.

[bewise93]

Thank you all for your input. The hypomania was short and the Seroquel killed it so now I'm sort of back to normal.