At baseline, when depressed, manic, and mixed?
I'm 100% introvert, except when manic when I do crawl out of my shell (but its not crawling more like dancing).

Tangent Rant:
I'm a loner and people (family, therapists) cannot understand it. I always hike alone and ski alone. When people find out they always say "so dangerous" and say to find meetup groups. I don't want to find meetup groups and i feel safer taking a 10 mile walk on a mountain than in the mall. I drink alone too, and apparently this means I'm a depressed alcoholic. I'd go to the movies alone too, except I'm incapable of sitting still focusing on a movie for an hour.

[1978dd]

Introvert except when hypomanic

Introvert normally. When manic? Slightly extroverted. Like barely extroverted. I don't know if that makes sense? Basically, I become very talkative, but I don't become a party animal or someone who goes clubbing. Though I will attempt to start conversations with people (when I normally don't do that).

[1978dd]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Introvert normally. When manic? Slightly extroverted. Like barely extroverted. I don't know if that makes sense? Basically, I become very talkative, but I don't become a party animal or someone who goes clubbing. Though I will attempt to start conversations with people (when I normally don't do that).

That describes me well too.

[Tryingtobehappy5]

Introverted when I'm depressed(I assume I won't even be active on here when I head back down ) and I still haven't figured out what my baseline is but I think still mostly introverted.

When I'm up I whine about the fact I have no friends because I'm a super introvert when I'm down and well people just dont like me so that kinda doesn't help lol. I still don't mind doing stuff by myself but I actively look for people to at least talk to uptown and sometimes try to make friends but it never ends in friendship

[UpDownAround]

C - all the above. In social situations, I will often start out extroverted and after I crash and burn in a few conversations, I shut down. When hypomanic, I don't shut down and don't leave crash sites until I have scorched the earth. I am conscious enough of it to avoid situations like the break room, where not respecting social taboos can be an HR issue. I just get my coffee and head back to my office muttering "STFU, STFU, STFU..." under my breath.

[Matt75]

I prefer being by myself, really always have. People make me irritated, tired, and anxious most of the time. This frequently causes static with my wife and two sons. They take my agitation as being angry or mean when really I'm just overwhelmed very easily.

I get sweaty/racing heartbeat/flight urge in nearly every conversation eventually (sometimes in anticipation of one). This is especially the case with impromptu convos, and even more especially at work and church. It is very difficult to stay engaged - I focus on how I must appear to the other person/people in the conversation. This leads to me fumbling over thoughts/words and becomes a cycle. Afterwards I ruminate/analyze/criticize myself.

Therefore I prefer to keep to myself as much as possible. I think that makes me introverted.

Oddly enough, back in my later teens I had a personality/career assessment done by a psychologist after I was kicked out of university. The assessment indicated a high level of extroversion and dominance in interactions. In retrospect, I perceive that period of time as my first hypomanic episode. I therefore attribute the deemed extroversion as further confirmation of such. Even then, I preferred myself as my own best company.

'Never lonely when alone' - I read that in a birthday horoscope years ago and it has always struck me as so accurate about myself.

[99fairies]

It depends on who I'm around and the energy they're putting out there. If I feel comfortable (like with my family) I can open up and be an extrovert. If I'm around strangers I can be very quiet and shy.

[Sunflower123]

I'm an introvert and a loner. I have to have a lot of alone time. Growing up in a family of extroverts was tough. They thought something was wrong with me. I've cultivated friendships and do go out when I can but at heart I'm a loner.

[WildcatVet]

Definitely an introvert/loner 99% of the time. Panic/Sweating/Racing Heart at even the thought of a social obligation or even just running to the market for food.
Strangely, when I AM in a social situation people think I'm very social because I repress my total terror very well. Afterwards I collapse from exhaustion.

Unless I'm manic or drunk/intoxicated I'm very introverted. People drain me so bad. I'm learning to accept my introverted nature and understand not everyone needs to be Mr. or Mrs. social butterfly. Sometimes when manic or drunk I will talk everyone's ear off but these times are very rare.

[rwwff]

Almost fully introverted, except for a very small window which involves just a little hypo and more than just a little alcohol. Then I'm a different critter entirely but never had the insight to recognize it for what it was.

Now, I'm not very comfortable with said critter, so we don't do that anymore.

[Miss Laura]

Complete introvert even when drunk I am funny but nothing spectacular when I am manic I am more brass. I still have the comforts of me. When I was seeing a Psychologist they said I am a massive Introvert and I will always be one cause of the way I am. I am cool with that I would just like more confidence in social situations like public talking, talking to a group of people, talking to more than just my friends.

I listened to TED talks re introverts and identified with what the person was saying massively. I guess its who I am meant to be

[Trippin2.0]

INTJ except at the start of an upswing, then I am not exactly an extrovert, but really crave company and being social.

[liveforsummer]

I can be both. Reflection of the mood.

[UpDownAround]

Originally Posted by UpDownAround

C - all the above. In social situations, I will often start out extroverted and after I crash and burn in a few conversations, I shut down. When hypomanic, I don't shut down and don't leave crash sites until I have scorched the earth. I am conscious enough of it to avoid situations like the break room, where not respecting social taboos can be an HR issue. I just get my coffee and head back to my office muttering "STFU, STFU, STFU..." under my breath.

Interesting that so far I am about the only one to say I start out extroverted and guess what? It is a learned behavior and not my natural tendency. I didn't learn it all that well either. My wife complained that I never talked to people at social events. Why this was a surprise I do not know; she approached me at an office Christmas party when we started dating. So I worked on it and I can confidently walk up to people and introduce myself. Then it can get awkward because if there isn't a conversation already going on that I can join I can go off the tracks. I do stuff like make a light hearted joke about their occupation but it is too deadpan and sounds like an insult. Or I say something about the subject being discussed in an ongoing conversation that is inappropriate or odd to most people. I keep trying because I do need a local friend or two. Now my wife complains that I talk to people. I can't win.

One of my most common "social" activities is kayak fishing. There is a local board where trips are arranged, you meet the others at the lake or river and mostly paddle around and fish alone with your thoughts except for when you have deep meaningful conversations like "Nice fish" - "Thanks" or "Want to paddle over there and see if the fishing is better?" - "OK".

[Matt75]

UpDown I've learned how to manage socially too. For work and family occasions. I have some rote 'scripts' and think of things ahead of time that I might talk about. I also need to have some understanding of the physical setting to make it work.

If the script runs out/fizzles or the physical setting is unknown/unfamiliar/otherwise 'threatening' so is my social 'grace'.

[winter loneliness]

I am an extrovert. I am usually friendly and outgoing. Unless I am depressed. In which case i talk to no one.

[Daonnachd]

Introvert

[scatterbrained04]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Introvert normally. When manic? Slightly extroverted. Like barely extroverted. I don't know if that makes sense? Basically, I become very talkative, but I don't become a party animal or someone who goes clubbing. Though I will attempt to start conversations with people (when I normally don't do that).

Yeah that pretty much describes me as well.

[UpDownAround]

Originally Posted by Matt75

UpDown I've learned how to manage socially too. For work and family occasions. I have some rote 'scripts' and think of things ahead of time that I might talk about. I also need to have some understanding of the physical setting to make it work.

If the script runs out/fizzles or the physical setting is unknown/unfamiliar/otherwise 'threatening' so is my social 'grace'.

Yeah, the "what do you do?" is from the script. The really bad jokes are not. I crack a disgusting one and then the alarms in my head go off. WTF just came out of my mouth? There must be a hole around here I can crawl into. Or maybe a glass; there's an open bar...

Introvert. I get more extroverted when manic-y. It's actually a big clue when I start yapping with (at, lol) people that I'm heading up.

[Guiness187055]

Extrovert when manic or mixed otherwise introvert.

[BipolaRNurse]

I'm what some call an "ambivert", meaning I have elements of both extro- and introversion. I can be outgoing and gregarious in some circumstances, and shy and quiet in others...it depends on the situation and how I'm feeling at the moment.

[jmariah001]

Depends on my mood. If depressed I tend to stay to myself. If I am feeling happy I have been known to talk to strangers.