{"id":790,"date":"2017-09-02T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-mania\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:55:59","slug":"bipolar-disorder-mania-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-mania-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Manic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0I hear stories all summer about people who go off their meds because they feel so GREAT and then the disasters that follow. <\/span>It\u2019s easy to think – the sun is just so WONDERUFL!!!!!! when the weather gets nice, you\u2019re off school, you have a vacation, the kids are home, etc.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

There\u00a0is no doubt that summer is wonderful if you were depressed in the winter- but this is just a friendly reminder that when things get WONDERFUL!!!!! it’s time to check for mania. Here are some questions to ask yourself – or ask the person you care about.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Are you sleeping a lot less than what is considered the norm- but are still filled with energy the next day? The norm is\u00a0six to eight hours- mania sleep would be less than five hours for example- or sometimes not even sleeping at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

2. Did what seemed truly hopeless just a few months ago suddenly become full of possibility and beauty? <\/span><\/p>\n

3. Are the people in your life commenting on your energy level and that you need to cool it?<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Are you more creative, but less functional? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Do you have the thought that you don’t need your medications as you feel JUST FINE! <\/span><\/p>\n

6. Are you acting ( or even thinking ) compulsively regarding spending, sexuality, travel, etc? <\/span><\/p>\n

7. Are you filled with nervous and uncomfortable energy?\u00a0 Is this energy painful and worrisome- but you can’t seem to calm down? <\/span><\/p>\n

8. Is your mind racing, are you starting to see things and hear things, do you feel paranoid or agitated? <\/span><\/p>\n

There are two levels of mania<\/strong>– hypomania<\/strong> (bipolar II)<\/strong> and full blown mania (bipolar I).<\/strong> Mania can start slowly and stay at a low level. This is called hypomania. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mania can also start really quickly and spin out of control and often into psychosis really quickly. This is called full blown mania. <\/span><\/p>\n

Within the levels of mania- there is<\/span><\/p>\n

Euphoric (happy! grandiose!) <\/span><\/p>\n

Mania and dysphoric\/mixed mania (agitation, racing thoughts, irritation, anger, feeling uncomfortable.) <\/span><\/p>\n

I created the <\/span>Health Cards Treatment System for Bipolar\u00a0Disorder\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/a> to help my depression- but they have helped the most in terms of mania. It’s hard to catch lightening in a bottle- and mania is like lightening. <\/span>The treatment window is SO short<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Please make sure\u00a0you are ready for the absolutely first signs that mania is starting. Fill out or look at your mania Health Card.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I want us all to have a wonderful summer- not a WONDERFUL!!!!! summer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Julie <\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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My book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder<\/a> has more information about mania symptoms as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I hear stories all summer about people who go off their meds because they feel so GREAT and then the disasters that follow. It\u2019s easy to think – the sun is just so WONDERUFL!!!!!! when the weather gets nice, you\u2019re off school, you have a vacation, the kids are home, etc. <\/p>\n

There is no doubt that summer is wonderful if you were depressed in the winter- but this is just a friendly reminder that when things get WONDERFUL!!!!! it’s time to check for mania. Here are some questions to ask yourself – or ask the person you care about.<\/p>\n

1. Are you sleeping a lot less than what is considered the norm- but are still filled with energy the next day? The norm is six to eight hours- mania sleep [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10478,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/10478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}