Bipolar Disorder Support Group
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You don't have to be manic or hypomanic to have a productive day right? I mean, I really don't want to be doing any of the things that I'm doing today (cleaning house), but I'm trying to push myself to get them done. You can have just a good productive day and it not be considered any type of mania, right?
I'm just afraid to start up on something only to crash later on.
I'm just afraid to start up on something only to crash later on.
deleted_user
You don't have to be manic to be productive.. You just might be feeling good and having a "good" day which are few and far between... Just don't push too hard... = )
HannaHana
lol...I'd know something was wrong with me if I ever got to that point. I don't think I've ever been there.
deleted_user
Right-o Darkstar.... also when I'm manic I can't stay on task... jump from one thing to the other...the other day I was manic and cleaning everything around.... went outside to wash my car and came back in to find the vacuum still in the living-room and the clothes folded on the kitchen table not put away.... then I went and mowed my mother's grass...
HannaHana
eek...I don't think I'm manic. I'm not jumping up and down cleaning everything. I have a few things that I knew had to be done and I'm doing them. But just the fact that I'm actually doing it is crazy. I've been so low now for a while, it feels alien to be able to get something done.
deleted_user
Enjoy the feeling sweetie.... I'm glad you mood is improving...
deleted_user
Yes, there's no reason why you can't have a productive day and have it be that, just a productive day. If you start going online and spending hundreds of dollars or irritable as all heck, that's another story. But enjoy the satisfaction of getting things done - it's a great feeling isn't it!
HannaHana
well, it's nice to get things done...but I still hate that I have to do it. lol. I just feel like there's never ending amounts of things that need to be done and I can't get them all done. Esp. since I have company coming this weekend. now I feel like I'll never finish!
HannaHana
That's my aim. I need to get everything done in the next couple of days. This is the first time my friends are coming to see my new house. It's been a mess for quite a few days now...and I don't want them to see it this way. Hopefully I get it all done in time!
deleted_user
I don't think it's manic. When I was really manic, I would go from room to room in the house, cleaning and cleaning. I would clean the house in a whole day. Nowadays that doesn't happen much. I kind of miss it because I used to get everything caught up in one day.
HannaHana
I knew when I took on this 5 bedroom place that there was no way in hell that I could ever get it done in a day. lol. If I did, then I'd def know I was manic. It's just impossible!
deleted_user
I worked today. That was productive. Now, I feel like cutting.
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