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

Aug 30, 2019, 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, 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, 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, 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, 04:14 PM

Mania - probably invincibility

Depression - sleeping or crying

Under*Over · Aug 30, 2019, 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, 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, 04:37 PM

Thank you SO MUCH for making these WONDERFUL threads, bluebicycle, as I feel like they're REALLY useful for some self-reflective posts! Thank you SO MUCH for what you're doing, REALLY! I hope you're doing ok right now. We certainly do NOT hate you here! In fact it's the EXACT OPPOSITE since WE ALL LOVE YOU HERE!

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, 04:37 PM

Mania- Thinking God is communicating with me

Depressed- sleeping too much

wiretwister · Aug 30, 2019, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Moose72

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, 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, 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, 08:36 AM

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

HALLIEBETH87 · Aug 31, 2019, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

pacman_789 · Sep 03, 2019, 11:12 PM

Mania: hypersexuality, irritability
Depression: loss of interest in things I normally find fun

Jedi67 · Sep 04, 2019, 09:04 AM

mania: hypersexuality and agitation
depression: loss of interest and enjoyment of things I used to love and like.
pretty sure these 2 are common.

Amy3boys · Sep 05, 2019, 01:22 PM

I don't really get manic but I've been hypomanic (I'm somewhere on the bipolar spectrum) and my main symptom is being angry and irritable.

My main depressive symptom is fatigue (but when I was severely depressed I couldn't concentrate on anything and I had suicidal thoughts too)

Isolda van der Meer · Sep 05, 2019, 03:55 PM

When I'm manic, I have a strong feeling that every moment of my life is absolutely special and something really big is going to happen. I have also significant problems with concentration.

Depression means for me loss of energy and motivation. And suicidal thoughts. I recognise two types of them: the "better" one is something like "I want to die" and the worse one is "I should die because I'm so bad person".

xRavenx · Sep 06, 2019, 11:41 PM

Mania: racing thoughts that cause everything to spiral out of control
Depression: worthlessness, feeling lifeless
Mixed: severe agitation and anxiety that puts me in a hole I can't dig my way out of
Hypomania: hypersexuality and heightened creativity

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