13 Signs You're in a Manic Episode! | Bipolar Disorder

[Keithf]

i was diagnosed with ADHD last year. it’s insane how similar the symptoms of adhd and bipolar are.. 😳

[jamielauro]

I had a psychotic manic episode I thought I was God😇 and could move the winds 🌬and trees 🌲🌳🌲I also thought I was great at singing 🎤dancing 🕺💃🕺art 🎨and gonna be famous👩‍🎤 i even wrote a letter📬 to Pdiddy 🤣

[kateyy]

Thank you so much..I’m recently diagnosed bipolar and I have experienced everything you talked about. I have such a hard time not being embarrassed of how social I get when I’m manic..idk if I’m the only one but I’ve gone live on random apps thinking I’m an advocate for bipolar disorder 😅

[michellesunshinestar]

OMG, I've done that rearrange the furniture in my bedroom. The time I got lost in Chicago might have been a manic episode? I wrote a lot before hand too, I was trying to prove Mormonism true, I had my scriptures with me. My dad found me though, thankfully. I was like that in high school too. Studied so much, and slept so little, and crashed on the weekend. The reason why I'm not pure Bipolar is because I stopped getting mania/depression. And then I've had a lot of voices, so schizoaffective. The voices have been gone for a really long time. It's been nice.

[jameslightsey]

I'm friends with someone that has manic its difficult at times because her and I clash at times between seeing things from each others perspective sometimes.

[Yu_mi]

Manic episodes feel good minus all the risky behavior. I actually laugh a lot during my episodes. I feet really creative too. But I also get confrontational and spend a lot of money. I took a three day trip to South Korea one time business class (that’s what the lady booked me under) and I totally blew off my job.

[Denbub]

Thanks for your help with understanding my condition....more help than I ever had from doctors

[KhloJay]

My mania makes me feel like I don’t care about my husband at all even though I do…like I just wake up one day and feel zero affection towards him.

[pinkthunderstorm]

Im in a severe un medicated manic episode atm and you just described many of my behaviours so accurately! Yes im loving it right now except If I get psychosis too...

[cloveerika]

Coming here because I just broke free of a 6 month depressive episode. It’s been so long that I’m getting increasingly concerned

[Missallow]

Thank you for posting this!!!!
Wow it sounds so overwhelming BUT it also sounds like it puts you in an amazing state of creativity once you can sort of direct the energy you are experiencing.
Our society labels these mental states so negatively and so society becomes afraid to be around people with these experiences but perhaps it’s like anything else. With the right guidance and also learning skills to thrive when in this state - society can start seeing this not as abnormal but just different brain functioning.
Our society focuses too much on separating people.
Your energy in this video soooo motivating.

[travishager]

This video helped me so much. It answered a lot of my questions as to why I feel certain ways.

[YNWAlfc]

Lizzie thank you for these videos, videos like this has help me understand and get a different perspective with bipolar. Wife has bipolar and it’s on going team effort to get through episodes, mania, etc. But learning more and more about it helps out a lot.

[samanthahardwood]

Hey Lizzie, I do not know what tpye of bipolar I have. Don't think I should worry about this too much as long as I pay attention to symptoms. I have aome bipolar video ideas that you may find inspiring: 1) invalidation by others, as in, others accepting you have BD but not willing to talk about it. - like a partner, parent, etc.
2). How to safely drink caffeinated drinks when you have BD.
3). Video explaining your experience with rapid cycling episodes--how do you deal with day-to-day experiences?
4). Tips on how to maintain 9-5 job while bipolar.
5). How do you deal with the idea of taking meds for rest of your life?
6). How to deal with feeling lonely in your diagnosis and how not to care whether nobody else seems to care. How to be independent despite feeling lonely in the diagnosis.
7). Interview with other bipolar youtuber!

That's all for now. You have asked for ideas before so here are just a couple that will hopefully be of use to you. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to this channel. It is always so informative and helpful.

[amirhosseinheidary]

Thanks a lot for this video. It was insightful. The good point is that you got friends who go through a manic episode exactly the time that you go. Oh... jeez.... This is fantastic. I wish it was about my case. All of my friends and even acquaintances have major depression. They're just simply depressed and can't even get out of the bed, you know like old shut-ins.😁 I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and whenever I go through a hypomanic episode, I'm all by myself. I go the extra mile regarding my job, can't sleep at all unless I take some meds as you mentioned like Seroquel. However, like your cases, I've texted my friends at night and since they're all depressed and down in the dump, don't get back to me. I record voice messages for them almost 7 or 8 hours. Jesus... There is indeed so muchhhh craving and desire in me to interact with others and have long chitchats with them. I go out of my way to control it but, you know, easier said than done. I have a huge longing for getting more and more information on sth. I can't sit still and I have fantastic, awesome and grandiose feelings and thoughts about myself. Until now, I haven't done anything illegal at all. People who know me and don't know about my condition just call me energetic, hyped-up and workaholic. Having said that, I've experienced a couple of times that in the hypomanic episode, I got furious and lashed out at people. These incidents can happen as well.

[ifelt_thatenergy]

Wow the part you mentioned about your pupils being dial aged or not- that part really struck me because I’ve noticed this throughout my life certain times/ periods where my pupils were HUGE all the time or for a period of time

[TheWilliamBWilliams]

Thank you for sharing! Really informative description of symptoms for those trying to understand Bipolar disorder.

[kyleleggat]

I’m having a manic episode right now. I don’t know what to do.

[ookipuki]

My episodes are ONLY caused by stress.... only.... so it sucks that every person that I love so dearly around me is severely mentally ill and suffering. and it unfortunately causes them to abuse me. Which eventually results in me screaming, crying and wanting to die until I take a xanny. :/ I really hate living sometimes abd I really used to love life .sick

[dawnitaharris]

I see myself in all of these. It is good for me to see others who have been where I have.