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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Up 'N' Down mania

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Ok, I've been hypo for, let me see....*forcing brain to think in numbers* ....oh hell, about a week and a half, and it has been mainly UP, a bit of spending (but I have a limit as hubby has the money) sleeping 4 hours a nigh tops, some nights none at all, but i keep getting depressed patches, not even the black depression, just feeling very tired and unmotivated, it only lasts a couple of hours every few days...but has never happened before, usually, I'm just UP UP UP, wondering does this happen to anyone else?

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b4 I got on seroquel, it used to happen but I do prefer the highs to the lows. I am mostly manic (BP I?) & it takes the form of thinking I am brilliant, can change the world. Great fuel when you are young & protesting vs. Vietnam, going to college, don't need coffee to stay up studying all night but now, age 55, I do want 8 hours' sleep/night so I take seroquel, xanax, depakote at night & am on a more even keel.
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I love being up, my kids are always worn out by the end of the day and go to sleep really quick allowing me to continue studying the blueprints to the local Bank.

Hehe, only kidding, I'm studying the security system!
;-)
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I'm more apt to go thru hyp-mania to depression in a matter of hours then back. It can be difficult especially when I'm at work when I really need to be on the ball.
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I have done that just about everyday for the last 13 years ( by the way i have not been diagnosied). The last year or so it has gotten steady worse and it has started to put a stain on my marriage.
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