irritation

Racing thoughts

rapidly changing moods

lack of or extreme sexual desire

lack of concentration

compulsive buying of anything and everything

Grandious ideas and paranoid schemes

feeling of loneliness

Most people know what the symptoms of depression are....difficulty sleeping, weight gain or loss, difficulty concentrating, loss of interest in pleasurable activities, ie: sex, eating, work, hobbies, friends. Low self esteem, excessive guilt, hopelessness, irritablility, fatigue, self-harm thoughts, etc.
But manic symptoms are not as weel understood or recognized by those that have it - usually it involves a diminished need for sleep, eating less, and anything that "feels good" is out of control. ie: spending, drinking, drugs, gambling, sex, etc.
Bipolar disorder is earmarked when both these extremes are experienced - it can be mixed episodes, where both depression and mania symptoms are happening at once, or rapid cycling, where one extreme is switched to another several times a day or several times a week. Or, it can range from episodes that happen with "normal' states in between, for as long as years at a time.
This is one reason why it can be so difficult to diagnose.

umm..u cant figure out if ur a really nice person or a bitch because ur really both depending on whats going on in ur brain....this is very frustrating....

ur moods are all over the place, u flip for no reason, u get depressed for no reason, u get excessivel depressed or happy at sitations that u shouldnt be so excessive with...when ur pissed u could honesly strangle someone to death ...u think ur on top of the world and totally awesome, or u suck and everyone i better than u...........just a mess.