Bipolar Disorder - Teen Support Group

when i am manic i could be extremely hyper (rare) but most of the time i would be extremely angry and violent if someone said the wrong thing i would start yelling at the top of my lungs and start throwing things or slaming my fists against stuff or punching things i am very psychotic when i am manic like i want to kill the person who pissed me off i used to have to show major restraint not to beat them into submission now i am stable

i am extremely hyper and energetic. i talk a lot and get super friendly. i am easily distracted and find everything amusing. I over exaggerated EVERYthing. also, sometimes i don't want/need sleep. oh, and risky behaviors have no effect. like i will speed in the car and not worry about it because it's fun. then again, i do this when i'm depressive too, but for different reasons.

When I get manic I get really restless. My last manic stage I got up at 9:30am and started cleaning after going to sleep at 6am. I have to be moving constantly or I get really angry. Once I get angry, which doesn't take much, all hell breaks loose. I have been able to control it pretty well but sometimes it gets to the point where I go outside and hit things and scream until I feel better. Anything can set me off at anytime. So my manic phases can get very violent and dangerous within a matter of seconds.

In hospital claiming to be Jesus. Auditory and visual halucinations. Rapid speech / thinking. Grandious ideas.

Remember children... be happy that you're describing hypo-mania mostly.

When I'm manic, I'm extremely hyper and way over the top. I go for long periods of time without sleep and don't feel tired. I feel really happy happy happy, but when someone aggravates me, just as my hyperness is, my aggression is way over the top, and I can't really control myself. If someone pisses me off, I seriously want to kill them, and go over it and over it in my mind. Kind of obsessive almost. I'm really obsessive when I'm manic. I'm also way easily distracted, so even if I was aggressive and angry, I could see a butterfly or something and just be super happy again.

Oh I also forgot to put in my post, I have to count things. I know exactly how my screws and nails are in my ceiling, how many glow in the dark stars on up there too, how many letters are on the posters in my room, how many books are in the book shelves and how many dishes are downstairs.

Does anyone else go through counting while they're manic?

the counting is an ocd tendency, but bipolar disorder and ocd can go hand-in-hand. i have both. when i'm depressive, i don't care too much. actually, i don't care about anything. but when i'm manic, my ocd breaks loose. kind of like your counting!

Mostly my moods switch from severe depression to hypo-mania, but two weeks ago i had my first full blown manic episode in probably a year or more. In hypo-mania I just get really antsy and hyper and I want to go and do everything and I don't really worry about consequences. I talk more than usual, which is a lot already and love being outside or with friends. In my depressive state its hard for me to function at all. I sleep a lot or not at all versus the complete absence of sleep I have in hypo-mania. I stop caring about everything and its really easy for me to sink into a suicidal mindset.

i seperate mania and manic manic being when i go over the egde, my temper turns into this giant sworling ball of fire and hate and spite. someone will say something idont like and ill lash out @ them like mom asks "where have you been" and if im manic i say something along the lines of F*** u or leave me the hell alone ill over react if i stub my toe you can kiss the chair good bye ill throw it actoss the room or kick it. i feel pain and it only makes me angrier. if im in mania im exedingly happy like on the verce of sociopath happy. i dont feel pain i dont need 2 sleep i cant stop moving or talking or laughing and everything is edged in crystal i get6 hyper sensitive with visual audio imput. if someone mumbles i hear them. my thoughts race but i ride it and i can almost think more than one thought @ the same time its hard 2 explane. im expressive and highly anoying but some of the stuff i write when im in mania is astounding. colors r richer and brighter and shapes r well defined textures r amplifyed and everything and anything makes me laugh. depression is just a complete inability to function. ill sit in my room and sing (horribly) to sad songs and sleep allot. depression only really happens after a break up and it lasts for a week @ the most

i clean shiney things for the whole OCD obsession question i spent 30 minuets polishing a mirror once