Fish oil 3000 mg helps ALOT with my depression, am going to take that faithfully everyda. Along with a multivit broad spectrum, Calcium +D and love ("is the drug I'm thinking of"...Roxy Music Love is the Drug...Maria J.

I feel manic at least once a day.......

Do you mind sharing what a manic day is like for you???

I know that sounds stupid, but I don't go out and spend tons of money etc.....that many people correlate with mania.

Just curious. This diag is new for me.

It or shall I say I am wrecking havoc on my life right now!!!

UUUGGGG

Not to be to harsh on yourself..NEVER say snap out of it to a Beeper..INCLUDEING yourself...our manic or depression comes from a biochemucal imbalance....no snapping out of that.
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Now to EASE yourself,warm baths,sleep well(a lot),KIKO is right,fish oil ,drink warm milk(calcium,and it's soothing)..green teas.....and take your meds.

Hope you feel better soon
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a manic for me is pretty much being high on life. so full of energy i just cant stop doing stuff. and eventually because i cant sit still , things that arent ok behaviour wise on a normal day become ok to me, then i end up regretting my day and the depressive begins. alot of the time i end up drinking and have someone come over that likes to drink so then i think its ok and of course drunk and on a manic is a bad combination.

Thanks Colella,

You are one of the people who responded to my original post about what it feels like......however I phrased it.

Hope you are hip hopping skippy soon......I don't know what that meant. LOL.....hope you feel better!

I just went through the same thing, I have a few days of crazy highs and then I can keep my eyes open for a couple and taking a shower and brushing my hair is an effort. I too try and remember to take the same supplements that KIKO mentioned, I have noticed a difference. On the low days I try to force myself to shower and that usually perks me up. Your body is probably trying to recover too, just think of it as a balance. That's weird, but it helps. Music is awesome too, it always lifts my spirits.

Actually what you are discribing is a high Hypomania..not so much mania...mania is distructive..you lose all sence of what is right and wrong..because you've stepped into the world of delusional thinking..everything is ok,and desisions you make are tainted with a delusion that there will be no consequences for your actions.

Mania ,is an ugly place....

That sounds like my mania. Where on the inside you are screaming don't do it it is wrong, and then you do it anyway like your conscience has been disconnected from the rest of you. And it feels like the fun you deserve to have until it is over and then there is the regret and fear because you feel so helpless against it.
I have no clue how to stop it, but they are still experimenting with my drug cocktail so hopefully that will help if they get it right. I have risperedol to take when I am extremely depressed or manic and that numbs me knocks out either for a while, but I am not very funtional on it. Besides with mania not taking it is just another bad choice you make.

I hate when that happens. Things that are good for me during those states are to make myself get up and do things. Even if its simply taking a shower. Drinking is NOT good for anyone bipolar and especially not good when depressed. Sometimes a nice cup of herbal tea makes me feel better. I hope you feel better soon..
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thanks everyone. much appreciated. hugs to everyone

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