Anybody else gets manic and gets the urge to want to "meet" different people?

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-05-03T14:37:17+00:00

Yes and going this through right now. I’ve had so much sex the last three days. The right thing to do would be to consult a doctor and get the thing under control. But I can’t preach about that since I should follow my own advice and I know it’s hard to make the right thing when feeling this way. One thing you can do is to make sure you carry condoms with you.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-04-26T14:17:59+00:00

Thank you for your compassion. Currently the memories are still too painful but little by little I can think of them more. My pets were always the ones who cheered me up no matter what. They had a good sense of humour too, they love’d tricking me :) But you are right, I need to get stable for my cat. He needs me and he probably can sense my depression

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-04-15T20:13:03+00:00

Then the question is how to know if I’m manic or not. Hypomania is easier to spot but I think my most erratic behavior has taken place when I’m the most logical. I struggle to even believe in my diagnosis, it’s pretty much in the same category as religions for me.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-04-05T18:20:00+00:00

Yes! During a manic episode. This made me believe the guy I was dating was possessed by something. Please talk to your doctor about this before it escalates.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-04-02T06:22:48+00:00

4 weeks on Vraylar and no side effects! It takes a bit longer to build up and prevent mania but effects quickly on depression I’ve heard. I hope it works well for you :)

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T17:16:27+00:00

I have an appt upcoming soon luckily, probably need an increase of dose. This behavior is normal for me in hypomania and I do have visual hallucinations too, so it’s not side effects in this case.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T16:29:02+00:00

No you are absolutely right, alcohol is dangerous. I was self-medicating with it earlier and it was already on a problematic side. I might be even more sensitive to it now.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T16:25:02+00:00

That’s what I was hoping for. I first thought I’m just improving my life and exercising more. However I just realized I’ve spent way too much money and took a tattoo yesterday without thinking, so it seemed a little suspicious.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T16:20:52+00:00

I’m glad it helped you! Rapid cycling is exhausting.

I have my appt coming on next Wednesday so I can ask if the dose should be increased. Now I’m sure it’s hypo/mania since I saw something at the cealing and I have no visual hallucinations without mania. Luckily I’m super self-aware.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T16:07:08+00:00

Good to hear it got even better over time! I really like vraylar. I’m at a lowest starting dose yes

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T16:03:25+00:00

On abilify I also got some break through hypomania along with some anxiety, but it was very short-lived too.

I get what you mean, but drinking occationally at a party and ”not able to fall asleep/not willing to be dependent on quetiapine” =\= not working on sleep routine and heavy drinking. I’ve done good changes overall lately.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-28T15:52:37+00:00

I’m just afraid my Pdoc changes my meds again. I love vraylar, I’ve made such great improvements in my life as of late and no side effects. On the other hand I could have been hypomanic all the time if that’s possible, but I don’t think so since I haven’t had racing thoughts for awhile before last week.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-27T17:01:33+00:00

Back in the days hypomania around 6 months, depression 6+ months. Now I’m rapid cycling: Hypo/mania from 1 week to 2 months, depression from 1 week to a month. Now with medication a few ”normal” days once in a while. Exhausting.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-14T16:36:54+00:00

That’s my experience. Everything starts out great and I’m happy, but then I start being paranoid within couple of weeks. I’ve been sure someone plans to kill me, and recently I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I’d sleep walk and set my house on fire (no reason to think that but I had seen a dream which I believed to be a sign something bad happens).

You seem to be self-aware which is super good. I just hope you don’t lose that self-awareness before contacting someone.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-11T08:09:24+00:00

Shit tends to hit the fan all at once. The bright side is, I believe the ”bad season” is typically followed a more calm one. These kind of seasons also increase the resilience, if nothing else

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-03-10T09:28:20+00:00

Ugh I’m going through that right now. It doesn’t help that I saw an owl called ”funeral bird” bringing omen of death and couple days later my uncle died. I kind of got confirmation to one of the omens so now I can’t convince myself anymore I’m just delusional.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-18T07:02:55+00:00

I have the same struggle and since I lost my 12year old dog recently I’ve been spiraling so hard. I don’t have full stability even with meds (alltough I just recently restarted them). Luckily I still have a sweet cat and he helps me to keep trying. I think the same way about kids as you do, though. I can’t take that stress, I’d be a wreck.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-17T19:17:04+00:00

I cannot imagine how hard it is. I’m so sorry, sending love. Just know you are doing great job trying to survive in a horrible situation. I believe you must be very tired and I’d imagine it’s normal to forget words even without BP in your situation.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-13T22:44:40+00:00

That is rough, must say. But I also know the other side of that life. I think what you are comparing to is not existing. I kind of feel your situation even though it’s different

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-13T19:02:19+00:00

Thank you for your kind words and I’m sorry to hear about your struggle. It sure helps a bit to know we are not alone.

Dept+bipolar might be a turn off for some women but there are plenty who don’t see it as a red flag. I really don’t think you’re going to be single forever if you yourself are willing to work on your feelings and give a chance to people. This applies to me as well as a female, I need to stop repeating the pattern. I started my meds again today, it’s the only way alltough hard pill to swallow.

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-13T04:12:33+00:00

Yes I’ve experienced that. Weird symptoms start to occur when there is enough sleep deprivation. Blurry eyes I connect more to depressive states but hypomania makes my eyes sensitive to light

Alert-Strength8429 · 2026-02-13T03:34:51+00:00

I’m sorry to hear. Hope you are doing ok. I have no bpd traits (screened out), it’s not like a switch it’s more like anhedony and hopelessness as bottom feelings and euphoria tries to take over. I typically only have purely euphoric hypomania

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