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Bipolar Mania: What is the difference between the ‘real’ person and the ‘manic’ person?<\/p>\n
There is a simple test you can do to differentiate between manic behavior and ‘average’ behavior.<\/p>\n
– Is the manic behavior sudden and completely out of character? For example, when I got very hypomanic for three months in 1987- years before I was diagnosed, everyone said, “What is Julie doing? What is wrong with her? I’m so shocked at her behavior!”<\/p>\n
– Is the manic behavior dangerous and the person who is manic can’t see it at all- even when you show them evidence?<\/p>\n
– Is the person spending huge amounts of money on trivial things? I know someone who paid tens of thousands of dollars on paintings because she was sure the artist would be famous one day. Lucky artist- unlucky person with mania when she comes out of the episode and sees the bill.<\/p>\n
– And finally, does the behavior end when the manic mood swing ends? If so, this is almost always mania and not the ‘real’ person.<\/p>\n
There are \u00a0many ways for family members- and the person with bipolar disorder to see the mania once it’s over- the trick to managing this illness is to use this information to prevent mania in the future. This is why I created the Health Cards<\/a>. I don’t ever want another summer of destructive hypomania.\u00a0 You can read my hypomania Health Card in the sample cards. It’s an interesting card as anyone with mania who reads it says- I had no idea there were other people like me!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bipolar Mania: What is the difference between the ‘real’ person and the ‘manic’ person?<\/p>\n There is a simple test you can do to differentiate between manic behavior and ‘average’ behavior.<\/p>\n – Is the manic behavior sudden and completely out of character? For example, when I got very hypomanic for three months in 1987- years before I was diagnosed, everyone said, “What is Julie doing? What is wrong with her? I’m so shocked at her behavior!”<\/p>\n – Is the manic behavior dangerous and the person who is manic can’t see it at all- even when you show them evidence?<\/p>\nJulie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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