Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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Have you had this happen?

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Have you ever been hypomanic or manic but still loked rather calm to everyone around you but inside your just bursting! Iv'e had this a few times,it's weird,like I look cool and relaxed but in my head and body it's like fireworks!My thoughts are going crazy,my heart is pounding,I wanna do a million things at once.
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Yes, I often have this happen, or my body is just tired but my brain is wired I can barely keep a straight thought. Just be careful and give your doc a call asap?Okay?
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Yeah I am like that at work at times. I work with the public so I try to keep myself calm.
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Sometimes during meetings at work.
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Oh yes. Sometimes I feel like there is an alien in my chest that wants to jump out of my throat and run around the floor like a crazy. Althou my anti anxiety pills have helped very much.
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I'm like that sometimes. I used to think that when I was like that, that it was anxiety so I was on xanax for many years but it actually happens less now that I'm not taking the xanax.
I've still got so much to learn about being bipolar, and trying to understand myself.
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brrrr! all of those and i think in it and with it all we are projecting calmness because we just want to blend in so that ppl will leave us alone... in those times we are in tighter control of our expressions .. body language becomes subdued leaving us looking more and more calm

gosh I dunno
Shelly4
Shelly4
Yes that happens for me sometimes. It also happens in depression. It is part of the term, "silent suffering". We dont appear on the outside, the way we feel on the inside.
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Oh geesh, I can't pull it off as calm without a bunch of xanax & even then people will sometimes ask "Had a few espressos today, have we?" I just try to joke & say "Oh yes, quite a few!" just so they don't think I'm on meth or something. I actually don't even drink coffee at all, LOL! I also just tell people I am just kind of fast paced, I like to work fast, etc. They think I'm a little odd, but it works & I am usually very productive!

You know that commercial for the Starbuck's double shots that says "WAKE UP PEOPLE!" That's what I feel like saying to the slow people, LOL!
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Yeh I've had this feeling often....it's like you're all excited like when school was over for summer or you're first kiss...but it's just a dreary day outside and your on a bus full of people crammed like sardines!
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yep same has been happining to me all day. cant seem to get a grip at all so I figured I would try and take a nap see if tha helps.
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