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Jan 24, 2020, 01:57 PM
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My dad claims he can see the mania/psychosis in my eyes. Is this ******** or are there actual changes to how your eyes look when you're manic?
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Jan 24, 2020, 02:00 PM
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I think that's just a figure of speech. For example, "I could see the fire burning in his eyes," in response to seeing someone angry at something.
I do start to shake when my mood is elevated, though, so I do have visual symptoms. But eyes? No. I don't think you can really tell unless someone has shifty eyes because they're paranoid or bloodshot eyes from staying up for so long. |
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Jan 24, 2020, 02:18 PM
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Apparently my eyes change when I'm manic (sparkle and change colour) I don't see it though but certain professionals do. Saying that I've managed to trick everyone that I'm still on my meds despite not being on them in 2 months. Even tricked a fellow sufferer who is a professional in my mental health team. Bless her she did ask as I was scoring higher on a worksheet than I had in November. But I bluffed and said yes. I am questioning my diagnosis because of this
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#4
Jan 24, 2020, 02:32 PM
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My husband said my eyes changed when I was in psychosis. He said they looked crazy and evil and it 'wasn't me'.
This woman has studied her eyes during various manic states and reports the sparkle you mentioned. She's a well known bipolar author and has a lot of experience. 3 Clues to Recognize Bipolar Disorder Mania in the Eyes | Psychology Today |
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Jan 24, 2020, 02:38 PM
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Julie Fast also wrote an article about mania being visible in the eyes. You can read it here: https://www.bphope.com/the-eyes-have...-to-see-mania/
I don't know if mine are remarkably different in colour, but more of the whites show when I'm hypomanic.
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Jan 24, 2020, 02:59 PM
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My wife tells me she can see it in my eyes. She says they look like sharks eyes.
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Jan 24, 2020, 03:54 PM
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My husband can tell by my eyes if Im heading up up and up
Being IP and watching new Patients arrive...... yes I have seen it over and over again.
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Jan 24, 2020, 04:30 PM
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I link to my blog down below. Search for "eyes" or whatever you think is appropriate. I linked to an article about this.
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Jan 24, 2020, 05:25 PM
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I think that any mood or state of being can be seen in a person's eyes.
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Jan 24, 2020, 05:28 PM
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Quote:
Good blog entry, Moose - she definitely captured the essences of her moods, didn't she?
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Jan 24, 2020, 05:33 PM
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This is something I had also read about in a few places, in the past. My husband also says he can sometimes see mania in my eyes. I first read about it in Wikipedia's entry on mania. It includes the line:
"Other, often less obvious elements of mania include... the eyes of such patients may both look and seem abnormally "wide open", rarely blinking, and may contribute to some clinicians’ erroneous belief that these patients are under the influence of a stimulant drug..." |
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Jan 24, 2020, 07:27 PM
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My husband says my pupils get huge when I’m manic.
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Jan 24, 2020, 08:10 PM
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I bet that’s what my wife means by shark eyes.
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Jan 25, 2020, 03:28 AM
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My eyes sparkle and my pupils enlarge when I'm manic. My late husband could always see it coming before I did.
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Jan 26, 2020, 09:40 AM
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Bp Hope described an interesting study in an online article sent just today about how they are looking more at the eyes (even using retinal scans) to identify manic states. If interested, see:
Bipolar & the Eyes: What Does the Research Reveal? | bpHope.com |
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