Anybody hypomanic?

Heineken Helen
Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I was just wiki'ing Seasonal Affective Disorder and I came across a link to hypomania... and a lot of it seems to describe me :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania
In the hypomanic state, people may feel like they can't slow their mind down, and that all these speeding thoughts are amazingly perfectly crafted. Some examples are speaking or writing in rhyme or alliteration without planning it first; quick responses to people talking; or the ability to improvise easily on the spot. In more severe cases, hypomanic people may actually hear constant music in their head, or see images in their mind racing by.[citation needed]

Another type of behavioral response sometimes included as a symptom is emotional flattening or blunted affect. A person may seem unusually cold, uncaring, or arrogant, showing little or no emotional responsiveness.[citation needed]

The less severe form of high in bipolar disorder is hypomania. People with this form have increased energy and tend to become more active than usual. They do not, however, have delusions or hallucinations. They do not lose touch with reality in the sense that they know who they are and what is real. What can be a problem, however, is that they tend to overestimate their capabilities and fail to see the obvious risks involved in their ventures. For example, if they are in business, they may suddenly decide to expand in a way that is not really practical or set up schemes for which they are ill prepared. Other forms of less inhibited behavior include reckless driving, gambling, spending sprees and sexual adventures. They may also have lots of new ideas but do not follow them through. They are often very jolly to be with but can quickly become very impatient or unpleasant if they cannot get what they want.

People with hypomania are generally perceived as being energetic, euphoric, overflowing with new ideas, and sometimes highly confident and charismatic, and unlike full-blown mania, they are sufficiently capable of coherent thought and action to participate in everyday activities. A person in the state of hypomania might be immune to fear and doubt and have little social inhibition. They may talk to strangers easily, offer solutions to problems, and find pleasure in small activities

lower need for sleep
racing thoughts
obsessive behavior, whether mild or severe
poor judgment relative to a particular situation's judgment call
uncontrollable, or only partially controllable, impulsivity
excessive sexual activity
Plus other out-of-character behaviors that the person may regret following the conclusion of the mood episode.

I'm generally not one for internet self diagnosis or for even believing in some 'mental disorders' but a lot of this seems to hit the nail on the head for me :o

Anybody have it?
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    I was just wiki'ing Seasonal Affective Disorder and I came across a link to hypomania... and a lot of it seems to describe me :eek:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania



    I'm generally not one for internet self diagnosis or for even believing in some 'mental disorders' but a lot of this seems to hit the nail on the head for me :o

    Anybody have it?

    No, I don't think that covers it for me Hels, but how come you were looking up Seasonal Affective Disorder because I've been treated for that. :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    No, I don't think that covers it for me Hels, but how come you were looking up Seasonal Affective Disorder because I've been treated for that. :)
    :o cos I feel like I have SAD today... but I don't think one day of being severely pissed off at the weather constitutes a disorder :D but there were more than a few things in the hypomanic thing that I thought 'that's a disorder? But I have that' :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    :o cos I feel like I have SAD today... but I don't think one day of being severely pissed off at the weather constitutes a disorder :D but there were more than a few things in the hypomanic thing that I thought 'that's a disorder? But I have that'

    Fair enough. :) Well when it comes to SADs I've had a lot of success with LED lamp treatment along with taking a Vitamin D suppliment. :)

    As to the hypomanic, well I do get hypo but not they way they've described it there and I know why, so yeah, not sure I qualify for that one. :D
    NOPE!!!

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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    Fair enough. :) Well when it comes to SADs I've had a lot of success with LED lamp treatment along with taking a Vitamin D suppliment. :)

    As to the hypomanic, well I do get hypo but not they way they've described it there and I know why, so yeah, not sure I qualify for that one. :D
    Yeh, I think I need to start taking vitamin D. My body is quite good at telling me what it needs (even better at telling me what it wants :o ) so I'm gonna listen to it this time.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Hypochondriac, more likely. ;)
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Hypochondriac, more likely. ;)
    :p:D

    I'm always slagging my sister about self diagnosis from websites.

    Like I said, I tend to not really believe in 'mental disorders' anyway. I think most people would tend to fall under some kinda disorder.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Yeh, I think I need to start taking vitamin D. My body is quite good at telling me what it needs (even better at telling me what it wants :o ) so I'm gonna listen to it this time.

    I've found them really beneficial. They make a huge difference to my general well being in the Winter time when sun is scarce around here. :)

    You know the other? The mania, well have you had your blood sugar checked recently? Because swinging sugar levels could have a similar effect sometimes. :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    What they are describing is bi-polar.
    And whether or not you believe in it, it is very real.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    I've found them really beneficial. They make a huge difference to my general well being in the Winter time when sun is scarce around here. :)

    You know the other? The mania, well have you had your blood sugar checked recently? Because swinging sugar levels could have a similar effect sometimes. :)
    Haven't been to the doctor since I came off the pill... and that was the only reason I ever went before :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What they are describing is bi-polar.
    And whether or not you believe in it, it is very real.
    Well according to the site this is much milder and CAN LEAD to bi-polar. I do believe in bi-polar but I also believe that some people are just... more expressive or emotional than others... and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What they are describing is bi-polar.
    And whether or not you believe in it, it is very real.

    bi polar encompasses a range of symptoms. some like mine can be described as cyclothymic. i dont have the manic highs of bi polar. but the lows.... honestly i'm in the middle of one now and doing the best i can to deal. its not desperately dire but it sucks and ive come close to some things id rather not know about. i know i can go lower and that is no consolation. i reach out and no one takes my hand and for me that is the worst thing. it is made worse by the fact that im misanthropic. seasons dont even play a part in my moodswings. i hate the way i feel and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What they are describing is bi-polar.
    And whether or not you believe in it, it is very real.


    Yeah, sounds like bi-polar to me as well and I should know as I have it in spades. I am the bi-polar bear. Or maybe Homer said it best:

    I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all! The terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I might offend a few of the blue-noses with my cocky stride and musty odors -- oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called "City Fathers" who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?"
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What they are describing is bi-polar.
    And whether or not you believe in it, it is very real.


    i don't believe in it

    yes you do

    no i don't

    wait!! thats schizophrenia you're talking about

    who said that?

    i dunno.... just burn stuff
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Well according to the site this is much milder and CAN LEAD to bi-polar. I do believe in bi-polar but I also believe that some people are just... more expressive or emotional than others... and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
    I agree with more expressive or emotional. I am sorry...I skimmed :o Didn't read that it said it could lead to bi-polar.
    I wasn't aware that you could develop bi-polar.
    One thing that most people with true bi-polar experience is they LOVE the high..the manic state. This is one reason why people will go unmedicated because they don't want to lose that. But the other side of the coin, the depressive state, is just as severe and can destroy a person's sense of life.
    Just as the manic state can severely damage their life.
    Understanding each state is a good way to manage it...at least you are aware of it.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    bi polar encompasses a range of symptoms. some like mine can be described as cyclothymic. i dont have the manic highs of bi polar. but the lows.... honestly i'm in the middle of one now and doing the best i can to deal. its not desperately dire but it sucks and ive come close to some things id rather not know about. i know i can go lower and that is no consolation. i reach out and no one takes my hand and for me that is the worst thing. it is made worse by the fact that im misanthropic. seasons dont even play a part in my moodswings. i hate the way i feel and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
    Cate :(
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Swan
    Swan Posts: 350
    Jim Morrison was probably hypomanic.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Haven't been to the doctor since I came off the pill... and that was the only reason I ever went before :o

    You'd better not tell me you're overdue for your pap smear girlie or I will hound your arse! You should be getting an annual check up at least. You don't have to be in there every other week, but you do need to take care of your health and preventative medicine is far better than the other options. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I agree with more expressive or emotional. I am sorry...I skimmed :o Didn't read that it said it could lead to bi-polar.
    I wasn't aware that you could develop bi-polar.
    One thing that most people with true bi-polar experience is they LOVE the high..the manic state. This is one reason why people will go unmedicated because they don't want to lose that. But the other side of the coin, the depressive state, is just as severe and can destroy a person's sense of life.
    Just as the manic state can severely damage their life.
    Understanding each state is a good way to manage it...at least you are aware of it.
    there are definitely elements of my personality that I've had to learn to control over the years... but isn't that part of growing up? Finding out not so good things about yourself and making an effort to change... and I definitely don't feel like there's anything wrong with me... it's just odd to come across a disorder describing a lot of what I am... like it's a BAD thing :o

    I have bad days every couple of months where I'm just a grumpy miserable fucker... but I'm pretty sure that's normal... and it's never severe... just a day or two feeling sorry for myself and not feeling very sociable... but never are there thoughts of suicide or anything very dark at all. Only once in my life was it very very bad about 7 years ago... but I came off the pill and it went... so I don't think that could be used in this kinda diagnosis. So I can honestly say that I've never had severe depression that wasn't medicinal related.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I agree with more expressive or emotional. I am sorry...I skimmed :o Didn't read that it said it could lead to bi-polar.
    I wasn't aware that you could develop bi-polar.
    One thing that most people with true bi-polar experience is they LOVE the high..the manic state. This is one reason why people will go unmedicated because they don't want to lose that. But the other side of the coin, the depressive state, is just as severe and can destroy a person's sense of life.
    Just as the manic state can severely damage their life.

    Understanding each state is a good way to manage it...at least you are aware of it.

    it can kill their life.

    you remember trix, when you said in p+p,you knew whyall of the great poets and artists are so tortured and sad...? i was hesitant in replying cause ..well.. you know why... or at least have some inkling... anyhoo... the sadness is depression. when i read your reply in that particular thread i smiled cause i knew what you were getting at and i knew that you were marginally off, cause i live it and i know that i am not 'sad'. i know it is something more. i felt for your feeling at the time but i also knew that many of the artists you spoke of or thought of were deeply depressed. it was more than a case of just being sad and more of a case of being 'not quite right in the head'. i know i am not totally sane and i see parallels in so many people. and i am okay with that. all i ask is that people dont think im just sad. that i will get over it if only i could just be happy. its so much more than that. and i know people dont want to know there are 'psychos' in their midsts. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    it can kill their life.

    you remember trix, when you said in p+p,you knew whyall of the great poets and artists are so tortured and sad...? i was hesitant in replying cause ..well.. you know why... or at least have some inkling... anyhoo... the sadness is depression. when i read your reply in that particular thread i smiled cause i knew what you were getting at and i knew that you were marginally off, cause i live it and i know that i am not 'sad'. i know it is something more. i felt for your feeling at the time but i also knew that many of the artists you spoke of or thought of were deeply depressed. it was more than a case of just being sad and more of a case of being 'not quite right in the head'. i know i am not totally sane and i see parallels in so many people. and i am okay with that. all i ask is that people dont think im just sad. that i will get over it if only i could just be happy. its so much more than that. and i know people dont want to know there are 'psychos' in their midsts. :)
    :o do you get help? Enough of it? cos it worries me when people post like that... and it's not like I can just pm ya and try to cheer ya up cos I know it's more than that.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you