Mania only exists in bipolar disorder. It’s a chemically elevated mood that can be euphoric (happy, creative and sometimes delusional!) or dysphoric /mixed (agitated, depressed and uncomfortable.) Mania is often more difficult to treat than depression.
OCD: A form of anxiety characterized by obsessive thoughts that are seemingly calmed by compulsive behavior- only to show up again! OCD can be treated with antidepressants, but behavioral therapy has the most success.
Bipolar Depression: The downswing of bipolar disorder that is almost always complicated by the presence of other symptoms such as anxiety. It can be present with mania in a dysphoric/mixed episode. It’s not advisable to use antidepressants for bipolar depression as they can cause mania. Bipolar depression is much more difficult to treat than unipolar depression.
Bipolar disorder is complicated. It’s important to know all of its symptoms.
Julie
2 years ago a manic eposode almost ruined my life jumped in my car while wildly manic and done some serious damage to other parked cars thank god basicly it ended with me driving into a tree . i have no memory of it anyone experienced similar or distructive behavour while manic bipolar 1 is my ill ness the memory loss scares me
Hi Murt,
I just backed my mom’s car into the tree across the street from my driveway. It was a little bump and you would think the car were made out of plastic. It crunched. My mom was very upset- which upset me greatly as it is something that can be fixed. Was I overly tired that morning- who knows. So, the answer to your question is that YES many episodes involve cars. It makes sense! We are in them all of the time which makes the odds high that they would be part of the problem.
If you were massively manic- it’s common to forget what happened. It’s not anything psychological- it’s just part of how the brain works. This rarely happens with depression.
You sound like you have great insight into what happened. That is what matters. It’s a good time to make all the changes you can so that the full blown mania stays away forever! Julie