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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Periods of normal mood

deleted_user
deleted_user
Right now, my mood is totally normal. I can think perfectly rationally, I am bored but not going crazy bored, just a normal kind of bored. During these times I tend to think my episodes of extremes are just totally silly and I am make believing that I am even bipolar. Does anyone else get like this?
dobiedots
dobiedots
I'm in that mode now. But I know my bipolar is real and can change my mood at any moment. I'm just enjoying the lack of "bipolar" right now.
deleted_user
deleted_user
uh-huh...then I get walloped by a massive episode & remember why I landed this dx
bbipolar
bbipolar
Yes I've been that way last couple of days even started playing with meds, increasing antidepressants etc. but back on normal dose now.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I used to then i would stop taking my meds, and big bp after that. I don't need any more reminders.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was pretty normal for about a good week! Now I'm starting to feel the slope go down...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Im not on any meds right now. I have been before, but I quit them very quickly because I felt like I was fine again. I have only just recently been diagnosed with bipolar. I am taking vitamins b6, b12, folic acid and fish oil concentrate hoping that these will stop the crazy moods.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Oh yea, I totally get bored. It is usually during these times that I have the best clarity though & I can look back on my episodes & really see them for what they were. No questions of make believe for me, just the boredom from normalcy.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, I get to feeling "normal" for a while , then BAM!, I get hit with crippling depression or full speed ahead mania. Can't win!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Come to think of it i'm bored too. = /
deleted_user
deleted_user
I get the same way as you StfanJ12. I actually get really long periods of time when I feel perfectly fine....then boom, I'm depressed or hypomanic. No trigger is needed for me, I just wake up in a totally different mood than I was in before going to sleep. As long as I keep taking my Prozac that keeps the depressive moods to a dull roar. If not on anti-depressents, I can easily slip into a really terrible depression that is just unreal.
alicia29
alicia29
I have not had a normal mood in so many years, I have no idea what you are talking about! If it's a good thing, I hope it lasts! Hugs~
Marilyanna
Marilyanna
Yes. When I am normal I think I ccan go back to work. i wonder hoow I ever could be so down. How I could have gone and lookked at guns and almost bought one.

I have a little schedule and I just have to keep on it and staay away from stuff that upsets me. Not always easy when you have friends that make remarks that are so siple but bring me way down.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know, other people's remarks can have a HUGE impact on me too. Especially if I already feel sort of down.....if I'm in a "normal mood" or hypomanic, then I don't give a damn what anyone thinks of me. Actually, when I'm hypomanic, I'm usually spending most of my time thinking about how much better I am than everyone else!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think I'm in a normal mood at the moment too. But to be honest I hardly know who I am or what is normal - I am young (22) so I hope it becomes clearer to me as I get older and now that I know what I'm dealing with.

I question my diagnosis all the time except when I have depression.
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