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Originally posted by boneprone
For those of you who dont know what "BI- POLAR" means it means just what the name says on a emotional level.
Emotionally you are always on one side of the Polar or the other.
One side being in a extreme good mood, and the other being and extreme poor or depressed mood.
Where as most people find balance inbetween these to polarities a person who is "BI POLAR" is rarely in this middle equilribum state. They are always on one of the extremes. Very happy or very depressed. Deopending on the sevirity of ones condition determines how bad or how extreme a case you are. Haveing a drinking problem doesnt help the condition one bit.
With medication you can regualte this.
Keep on it bud and it will all work out.
The meds now days are amazing as to what they can do to treat these conditions.
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exactly right bro.... this pretty much describes me to a tee:
1. Mania (manic episode). Mania often begins with a pleasurable sense of heightened energy, creativity, and social ease-feelings that can quickly escalate out of control into a full-blown manic episode. People with mania typically lack insight, deny anything is wrong, and angrily blame anyone who points out a problem. In a manic episode, the following symptoms are present for at least 1 week, to the point where the person has trouble functioning in a normal way:
Feeling unusually "high," euphoric, or irritable (or appearing this way to those who know you well)
Plus at least four (and often almost all) of the following:
Needing little sleep yet having great amounts of energy
Talking so fast that others can't follow your thinking
Having racing thoughts
Being so easily distracted that your attention shifts between many topics in just a few minutes
Having an inflated feeling of power, greatness, or importance
Doing reckless things without concern about possible bad consequences-such as spending too much money, inappropriate sexual activity, making foolish business investments.