What is your most prominent manic symptom? What about depressive symptom?

Aug 30, 2019 at 01:19 PM

Sort of a follow up to my previous thread... What is your most prominent manic symptom? What about depressive symptom?

Me --> Mania: apparently f_cked up speech according to my therapist. Depression:

Possible trigger:

intense feelings that people hate me and are asking me to die.

Jedi67 · Aug 30, 2019 at 01:35 PM

off the top of my head:
manic - rapid speech (and elevated mood. sometimes rapid movements).
depression - not wanting to get out of bed (excessive sleeping)

~Christina · 05:22 PM

Pressured speech , Rapid nonsensical speech sometimes

Anger and rage

Total inability to sit still or sleep.

Depression ... I tend to feel more emotionless disconnected, self loathing more than hopelessness

Aug 30, 2019 at 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Sort of a follow up to my previous thread... What is your most prominent manic symptom? What about depressive symptom?

Me --> Mania: apparently f_cked up speech according to my therapist. Depression:

Possible trigger:

intense feelings that people hate me and are asking me to die.

Well I think you're great, bluebicycle! And today you've come up with so many interesting topics. You must know I like to write.

Mania: Disinhibition

Mixed States: Frantic fury

Depression: Lack of Motivation

Unrigged64072835 · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:03 PM

Manic: I talk a lot and push those close to me to get things done
Depressed: I rarely cry, but I do if I’m really depressed

Good topic!

cashart10 · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:14 PM

Mania - probably invincibility

Depression - sleeping or crying

Under*Over · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:22 PM

Mania- Sleeping too little. Spending too much. Psychosis.

Depression- Suicidality. Thinking Im a bad person. Sleeping too much. Yeah

sophiebunny · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:33 PM

Delusions of grandeur, loosely associated speech, traveling abroad obsessions: Antarctica, cannible Island, Ralph the world's largest bunny in the UK, bunny island, anyplace that means travel to weird places or dangerous places.

Depression: wedge in a corner, rock, and sob for hours with my bunny Sophie.

MickeyCheeky · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:37 PM

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Please be REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY KIND TO YOURSELVES, ALL OF YOU! YOU ARE MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH STRONGER THAN YOU BELIEVE! Sending many safe, warm hugs to BOTH You, @bluebicycle, EVERYONE and ALL OF YOUR LOVED ONES! Sorry if this post wasn't really helpful or didn't add much tot he discussion!

Moose72 · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:37 PM

Mania- Thinking God is communicating with me

Depressed- sleeping too much

wiretwister · Aug 30, 2019 at 07:34 PM

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Mania- Thinking God is communicating with me

Depressed- sleeping too much

for years god talked to me . . . even lead me to preach . . . those were my " ping pong ball in a huricane " , days . . .

depression so black no light could escape . . . thank god for soonkyu . . .

Nammu · Aug 30, 2019 at 07:45 PM

Mania, loss of sleep, delusional thinking

Depression, loss of appetite, high paranoia

Mixed, agitated ragey and suicidal

Crazy Hitch · Aug 31, 2019 at 05:08 AM

Manic = psychosis

Depression = well I'd have to put the trigger icon on and I'm not sure how

Moose72 · Aug 31, 2019 at 08:36 AM

(Trigger) words to be hidden here (/trigger) Change "(" and ")" to "[" and "]"

HALLIEBETH87 · Aug 31, 2019 at 11:19 AM

I guess mania I’m super productive and pressured speech. People have said I don’t make sense. Idk

Depression I just feel hopeless and sad and self harm

*Beth* · Aug 31, 2019 at 07:17 PM

Manic symptoms...Euphoria, then even more extreme euphoria. Incredibly creative. Art, music. That's all the world is...beautiful!Melts into irritability. My thinking is very fast and sharp and it's difficult for me to cope with people who seem to be thinking slowly. Anger, rage. Getting the idea that I don't need to sleep because I enjoy the overnight hours.

Depression...Delusional worry, mostly about my cats and my son. Terrible sadness.

I'm told I tend more toward mania. But the mixed states are very common. So, euphoria/severe waaay extreme anxiety/sometimes agitation/feeling like I'm dying anyway, so maybe just take control and do that myself/excited.

Anyway, I'm still not even convinced I have BD. Or maybe I have it, but I also have major dissociation problems.

Wander · Sep 01, 2019 at 04:40 AM

Hypo/mania - euphoria, rapid thoughts and speech, grandiose, irritable, impulsive, reduced or no sleep.

Depression - exhaustion, lack of motivation, suicidal ideation, inability to feel positive emotions no matter what I do, pessimistic.

Mixed - HELL; extremely suicidal, overwhelmingly agitated, racing thoughs and speech, little sleep.

Psychosis - when manic my grandiosity goes into overdrive, I AM god, feelings of ecstasy. When mixed my delusions are paranoid, people are out to harm me and my solution to this problem is always darkly grandiose.

Wild Coyote · Sep 01, 2019 at 02:45 PM

Hypomania: Rapid speech, insomnia. Sometimes, irritability. Only recently, ordering far to many items (which is something I have never done for my entire life until now). Sensory hypersensitivities . IQ increases.

Depression: Listless, hypersomnia, paralyzed, IQ drops. Hopeless. Very serious depressions.

*Beth* · Sep 01, 2019 at 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Hypomania: Rapid speech, insomnia. Sometimes, irritability. Only recently, ordering far to many items (which is something I have never done for my entire life until now). Sensory hypersensitivities . IQ increases.

Depression: Listless, hypersomnia, paralyzed, IQ drops. Hopeless. Very serious depressions.

It is fascinating that you mentioned IQ. Yours is an excellent way to describe the "brightness" of mania and the "dull" of depression.

BipolaRNurse · 08:55 PM

Hypomania: Euphoria, spend too much money, talk and drive too fast, racing thoughts, hypersexual.

Mania: Angry, irritable, racing thoughts, yell at people, and generally feel paranoid and delusional.

Depression: Sleep and eat too much, hopeless, sad, don't enjoy things, don't want to shower.

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Anonymous35014 Guest Posts: n/a	Aug 30, 2019 at 01:19 PM #1 Sort of a follow up to my previous thread... What is your most prominent manic symptom? What about depressive symptom? Me --> Mania: apparently f_cked up speech according to my therapist. Depression: Possible trigger: intense feelings that people hate me and are asking me to die.
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Jedi67 Veteran Member Member Since Mar 2019 Location: Western, NY Posts: 575 5 1,913 hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 01:35 PM #2 off the top of my head: manic - rapid speech (and elevated mood. sometimes rapid movements). depression - not wanting to get out of bed (excessive sleeping) __________________ "Do or Do Not. There is No Try" - Yoda, Jedi Master Diagnosed 2008 Bipolar II with Mixed States, Rapid Cycling with Anxiety / Depression: Meds: Zoloft, Latuda, Gabapentin & Depakote.
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~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 13 12.7k hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 03:43 PM #3 Pressured speech , Rapid nonsensical speech sometimes Anger and rage Total inability to sit still or sleep. Depression ... I tend to feel more emotionless disconnected, self loathing more than hopelessness __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ Last edited by ~Christina; Aug 30, 2019 at 05:22 PM..
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Unrigged64072835 Legendary Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Under the noise floor Posts: 18,579 (SuperPoster!) 14 11.8k hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 04:03 PM #5 Manic: I talk a lot and push those close to me to get things done Depressed: I rarely cry, but I do if I’m really depressed Good topic!
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Under*Over Member Member Since Mar 2018 Location: USA Posts: 457 6 177 hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 04:22 PM #7 Mania- Sleeping too little. Spending too much. Psychosis. Depression- Suicidality. Thinking Im a bad person. Sleeping too much. Yeah
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sophiebunny Veteran Member Member Since Jan 2019 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 570 5 77 hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 04:33 PM #8 Delusions of grandeur, loosely associated speech, traveling abroad obsessions: Antarctica, cannible Island, Ralph the world's largest bunny in the UK, bunny island, anyplace that means travel to weird places or dangerous places. Depression: wedge in a corner, rock, and sob for hours with my bunny Sophie.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 73,926 (SuperPoster!) 14 57.2k hugs given	Aug 30, 2019 at 07:45 PM #12 Mania, loss of sleep, delusional thinking Depression, loss of appetite, high paranoia Mixed, agitated ragey and suicidal __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Crazy Hitch ɘvlovƎ Member Since Nov 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 19,024 (SuperPoster!) 11 14.8k hugs given	Aug 31, 2019 at 05:08 AM #13 Manic = psychosis Depression = well I'd have to put the trigger icon on and I'm not sure how
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,590 20 2,808 hugs given	Aug 31, 2019 at 11:19 AM #15 I guess mania I’m super productive and pressured speech. People have said I don’t make sense. Idk Depression I just feel hopeless and sad and self harm __________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin
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