what changes about you according to mood?

My glasses change. When i'm high i like bold, eye-catching frames. I have a pair of black horn-rimmed glasses with sparkles on the corners. When i'm low i like subtle wire-frame, rimless glasses.

My hand-writing changes. When i'm high it's small and neat and tidy and stylish. When i'm low it's this loose scrawl.

My palate changes. When i'm high i like ethnic food and heap scorn on Canadian chefs for having no skills. When i'm low i like familiar Canadian food and tend to eat a lot of pizza.

My hairstyle changes. When i'm high i like dyed hair, sometimes in fire-engine red, purple or blue. When i'm low i like my natural grey and hate dyed hair. Note that my hair never gets very long with this cycle.

My activity level changes. When i'm high i like being on-the-go and range far and wide and am very chatty. When i'm low i like to relax and am a homebody and only talk to my dog.

Does this happen to anyone else?

With the mania im still having i noticed that my personality changed- or at least my filters were turned off.

I get angry at the smallest things. I mean really angry.

I get irritable when I’m forced to talk about things I don’t want to.

I can go from being hyperthymic to extremely irritable/easily angry, low motivation, or become very disinhibited, very flirtatious, and compulsive.

When manic my handwriting goes all messy as I'm rushing to get it out of my head. I'm very impulsive. I'm very distracted. Very risky. Very smiley. Very happy. Very excitable.

When depressed I lose all sense of purpose. I lose all sense of self worth. I'm very negative about myself and to myself and the future. I have very little energy. No motivation to do anything. Very sad and depressed. Weepy.

Think there is more but that's all I can think about right now

I guess i meant more what quirks or personal characteristics change about you rather than the obvious changes in behavior that we all have.

I have major physical appearance changes. I tend to wear tons of makeup, jewelry and fashionable/flashy clothing while I’m manic. While depressed, I generally wear the same T-shirt and jeans for days on end with no makeup and never any jewelry. When not in an episode, I dress fairly conservatively, wear limited jewelry, and just minimal amounts of makeup. Once in high school (late 90’s, early 00’s) I became totally obsessed with the 60’s and dressed like a true hippy. I found all of my vintage clothes at really cool thrift stores. Boy did I stand out then.

I go through various obsessions. Once was the fore mentioned 1960’s and everything hippy. There have been various people such as Mary Tyler Moore, Molly Shannon, Ani Difranco and some people in my day to day life as well that I have been obsessed with. I have been a passionate member of the Green Party and a passionate member of the tea party at different times in my life (my normal is a moderate conservative).

Foods that I eat change as well but a bit differently than you. When manic, I become obsessed with certain foods. I will eat a single food breakfast, lunch, and dinner then come down and loathe that very same food.

I have a pretty and unique shade of red hair so I’ve never changed the color and even in my mid 30s I don’t have enough grey to have to dye it. However, there was a time I swore off pony tail holders choosing instead to leave my hair down or tie the sides in knots using my own thick hair (what a bizarre thing to do &#128514. During my hippy days I would, of course, pick fresh flowers and weave them into my hair often.

I become completely and passionately obsessed with various music, and it changes every time. I sometimes become obsessed with movies as well.

My religious habits and to some degree beliefs vary enormously from mania to depression.

me too!

rrecently it was over spiders. I'm not scared of spiders and the person was saying I was

before anything else I was like to them.. I'm not scared of ****ing spiders, okay?. just let me deal with it. if I say i'm not scared of spiders, I'm not scared of them

made a real sceen out of nothing

i've found that my anxiety levels/ general habbits change a lot with my moods

example: I like even numbers (2, 4, 6,8) and when I'm mannic, I absolutely have to have everything as an even number- and if it's odd, I'll get very angry and anxious (to panic attack stage)

but when I'm not mannic, I don't really care about them. I might get a little depressed if the number's odd and not even, but I'll just brush it off

I wear a lot of perfume when I'm mannic.

sometimes I'll wear 3/ 4 at once and people don't know what to think of it.

I'll do it " over the top" shall we say, but in other moods I don't even wear it

During mania, I am more likely to wear things that are flashy, including makeup. I become a lot more irritable during any mood episode. Sometimes I become obsessed by a random interest during manias (sometimes even dysphoric manias): writing, obsessed with certain shows/bands/people to a nearly unhealthy degree that is time consuming, collecting things. I might start something, but not finish it when manic.

Sometimes I become so focused on a major life change, whether it be moving, a big purchase, etc. But I often abandon the idea, because my thoughts are jumping around to one idea to the next. Other times, I will follow through and spend money when I shouldn't.

When manic I become very obsessed with various things:TV shows, people, music, games, religion, god, nature, art, fashion... You name it. At some point these obsessions tend to become the meaning of life and I have these weird connections.

I often start a new diet when manic. Once I tried being a vegetarian or something and imagined that way I alone could save the planet.

I once cut my hair short when manic. Well it looked kinda good so I still like having my hair short.

I tend to focus more on my outlook, I'm not too insecure or scared to try new clothes or styles when manic.

When I'm normal or manic I am kind of good at drawing. But when I'm deeply depressed and try to draw, I can't even draw a circle. I guess it has something to do with psychomotor retardation. My best drawings are from the time when my severe depression had already lifted but I was still in the hospital.

overspending!

buying any crap I can get my hands on

it was mania that introduced me to pirates
I thought it was a " random interest", turns out my love for pirates stuck with me after the episode

shiver me timbers

I sing and make up a lot of crazy songs when I'm mannic.

these have included:
I'm a coutch potato

I hate homework

I want a bisky boo (inspired by elvis!)

the clock song (featuring diffrent things you wouldn't usually find in a clock)

my name is sherlock holmes

and others

I like to pretend I'm part of a band called the peekaboo parots and we go on tour and stuff

it's awesome

Just coming off mania but even still I sing all kinds of harmonies to The King's Singers in the car - loudly and in tune!- while my son keeps saying "Mother- STOP". Of course , I don't. The whole time that we are driving I do this. And I still feel that I know the secrets of the universe- and still feel foot-loose and fancy-free. Nothing bothers me! As far as depression is concerned I either don't have depression or I've blocked any memories of it.

My choice in music changes.
When I'm high I like to listen to fast paced loud music
When I'm low I don't like to listen to music that much because I gravitate towards sad songs and that makes things worse.