one thing I used to do when creating a budget was to save every receipt. Get a receipt for everything you buy during the week and then write it down in a ledger, notebook . This will help you see what you spend and when you see it you can make adjustments. I used to have all my money 'tracked' like this - including a savings account - and then whatever was left over I used as my disposable income. So I would usually take that money and treat myself to a Frappuccino every Friday! :) Good luck!!

Impulsive decision making and over spending can be symptoms of mania. I think you should talk with your psychiatrist about treating the mania. Are you having any other symptoms of mania? If not, then maybe you do just have a problem with budgeting your money. Malibumark does have a good plan for budgeting though. There are other plans out there in books or on the internet. I don't have the problem anymore now that my mania is being treated successfully. Good luck and I'm sending positive thoughts and prayers your way!

My mania is,not being addressed. My doctor thinks latuda should be the only,med im on. Idk what to do or what med to ask for either

I use spending tracker app i record every receipt and my income----

I take latuda - lamictal - trintellix - sublinox- that seems to work --

Tracking expenses helps as you have a visual of what you are spending ie eating òut---- if mania is treated and you discipline yourself you can do this----((hugs)( polar

Thanks im gonna ask for Lamictal

During my manic episode I spent money like I was made of it.

Geodon did the trick for me. Made me really sleepy but zapped the mania right away.

Sorry, but I dont have any tips for budgeting money. Still trying to come back from the hole of debt myself.

Are you diagnosed at BiPolar? I ask because if you are and you're seeing a Pdoc they don't just treat one side of it or the other.

If you're BiPolar impulsivity, handling money, overspending can be a bid problem. A financial counselor probably won't be a big help as they teach things on a "logical, common sense, your doing this, you know you shouldn't, so lets work out a plan and stop" kind of way.

A BiPolar brain does not learn that way, nor does it emote, handle impulses, or have logic. There are coping skills that can help you get the spending under control, most people consider them pretty drastic, but most people don't go out and drop a $1000 in a week on crap they didn't need or probably couldn't even use.

Problem solving runs along the same lines. BiPolar Disorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain and it affects the part of the brain that control impulses, function logically, regulate mood, problem solve...

The first thing you need to do though is get a proper Diagnosis by a Psychiatrist, even if its a 2nd Diagnosis, and get under a proper BiPolar treatment plan, if you are indeed BiPolar. Because you can learn all the coping skills in the world, but if your not taking the proper medications to get your brain equalized chemically, just learning coping skills won't be enough.

Take care.
Kat

Thanks