[Berries]

I get in a really "speeded up" mood, a lot. It's difficult to communicate with people, because it feels like everybody is going in slow motion. I feel like I know what they are going to say next and am impatient for them to just hurry up and say it! So, I interrupt and say it for them. I am not exactly irritable. I am in an elevated mood. I guess, I am in an expansive mood.
Well, I just moved across the country to live with my mom about 3 months ago. We are very close and we are both very glad to be living together.
But, she seems to be getting increasingly frustrated and hurt by my "interrupting", "not listening" and "not letting her talk".
She says it hurts her feelings. I am sorry that it does. But it is so hard for me to stop. Mostly, because it's almost like an automatic reflex and unless it's pointed out to me, I usually don't even know I've done it. And it kinda hurts me too--when she is talking so slow. The best way I can explain it is--it's like a really bad itch and I just have to scratch it becasue it is driving me nuts if I don't.
Can anybody relate?

[madisgram]

i sure as heck can relate!!! a friend of mine says to me, "jan, jan, come up for air!" in "race" mode everybody is in the slow lane except me. does your mom know how your "expansive mood" works? perhaps you can sit down and talk with her about this. one thing i've done that helps me to not interrupt, etc is to breathe a little deeper and pause before i jump in with both feet! it's sorta like sitting on your hands but it does help me.
also your mom sounds like a neat lady...she expressed to you how it makes her feel. since you all are close your talking this out will help... and practice, practice, practice that breathing thing.

[theama]

I so relate to that!! I start tapping my foot and rolling my eyes and making those "hurry the f up" hand gestures. My mom knows what it means, and she usually speeds things up and if she doesn't, I say "What's your point?" and she speeds it up even more.
Women like explaining things in detail and digressing too much. x.x

You should practice your patience, maybe learn how to zone out while she's digressing or whatever, but she needs to be aware of why you act like this as well and that it's nothing to get upset about. She sounds like a good mommy btw ^_^

[Bellax3]

Yeah, I can definetly relate. Not necesarily with the interupting, because when I'm "speeded up" my mom ignores me because I annoy the crapola out of her. She gets really irritated, and even though I know how mad she is, I can't stop. She doesn't understand though because I'm not diagnosed. The reason I haven't said anything is because quite frankly, I don't want to face it- I've tried for so long to look at other possiblities to explain my symptoms, but nothing else fits ( I have undergone a complete physical with blood test and all) but I don't want to start the circus of finding the right meds, etc etc. I have told one friend about it, and the other day she was over. I started having laughing fits, and at one point I was so mad at myself for not being able to stop laughing, that I felt like crying. Not wanting to go "too crazy" in front of her, I simply stood up, went into the hallway, closed the door, and that sent me on a laughing trip. I was literally on the floor, in hysterics, banging my hands and feet, tears streaming down my face, unable to stop laughing. Nothing was funny. i wanted nothing more then to stop, but I wasn't physically capable. Through the crack under the door I could see my friend pull out her homework and try to ignore my fit, which sent me into an even wose laughing fit. between fits I would go back in the room and talk with her, and as soon as I started to laugh I would go back into the hallway. At one point I was in the hallway trying not to cry, and then laughing at how crazy I felt. When the fits finally subsided, I went into pissed off mode...Not fun.

[bizi]

This sounds like maddness and it is interferring in your daily life/relationships.
How much more are you going to push yourself before you get some help?
you may just be cyclothymic a lesser form of bipolar.
Lamictal has been a great moodstabilizer for me, it has antidepressant qualities as well. This solo med may be all that you need.
bizi