Are you manic Julie?<\/p>\n
I get so pissed when my mom asks me this question! Of course, I taught her to ask it and I want her to ask it, but it always makes me mad.<\/p>\n
I mostly have euphoric hypomania. It is wonderful at the beginning. It\u2019s tricky as it usually comes after a depression- so I desperately want and need to feel better. But I know that what goes up must come down, so I have to be ready for the downswing.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve trained myself by using the Health Cards to go into treatment mode as soon as the hypomania starts. Damn, damn, damn. That is actually mild language for what it feels like to realize that feeling good is actually being manic.<\/p>\n
If you have a lot of mild manias, this means that you\u2019re rapid cycling. It means your meds are not working fully or that you or something outside of you is triggering the mania in some way. Like many people, I have a lot more euphoric mania in the summer because of the sunlight.<\/p>\n
What a complicated, awful illness this is! Bipolar mania is dangerous. It\u2019s sad that something can feel soooooooooo good and be so dangerous, but it\u2019s something we must accept if we want to get better. Stability is good; mania is bad.<\/p>\n
So, when my mom says \u201cAre you manic Julie?\u201d I get pissed, but I always listen and do what the Health Cards say I have to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are you manic Julie?<\/p>\n
I get so pissed when my mom asks me this question! Of course, I taught her to ask it and I want her to ask it, but it always makes me mad.<\/p>\n
I mostly have euphoric hypomania. It is wonderful at the beginning. It\u2019s tricky as it usually comes after a depression- so I desperately want and need to feel better. But I know that what goes up must come down, so I have to be ready for the downswing.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve trained myself by using the Health Cards to go into treatment mode as soon as the hypomania starts. Damn, damn, damn. That is actually mild language for what it feels like to realize that feeling good is actually being manic.<\/p>\n