Suggestion for People Bipolar Manic Hypomanic or ADHD

Humorous but perhaps a truly helpful suggestion for folks diagnosed or experiencing symptoms of bipolar, mania, hypomania or ADHD to get a camcorder to video self, for the film will reveal to us what we might be unable to see about our behaviors.

What a rude awakening to watch myself as I manifest each characteristic behavior of hypomania:
* Perhaps the most noticeable symptom is pressured speech; rapid talking
* inflated self-esteem or grandiosity;
* decreased need for sleep;
* flight of ideas or the subjective experience that thoughts are racing;
* easy distractibility and attention-deficit (superficially similar to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder);
* increase in psychomotor agitation; and
* steep involvement in pleasurable activities that may have a high potential for negative psycho-social or physical consequences.

Have other bipolars had difficulty in accepting their diagnosis, or in taking the medications? Have videos helped others to see behaviors they've had difficulty accepting?

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• bipolar
• ADHD
• mania
• medications

[yungtrill420]

LADY! DON'T YOU GET ANY SLEEP??!?!

[BorderlineNOS]

@yungtrill420 Not while in a manic and/or hypo-manic phase

[yellowday101]

bipolar is a bunch of crap!!! and this girl is definitely faake...anyway i think she just had a bit too much coffee...

[BorderlineNOS]

Dear Ms.Yellowday101,

"...your replies just prove to me how dumb and inconsiderate u are, bye now "

[1787dude]

the only time i can appear normal is when I'm balls ass crazy psychotic and breaking down.

[geezloueeze]

@yungtrill420 If she's anything like people i know, when she's out, she'a out and when she's up she's up. She likely needs less sleep than the majority of us do.

[doodooadvisedamerica]

no bubble blubber butt. HAH, you're funny. fuck bipolar you just have character. that's a label masking the fact that you're most likely artistic.

i was misdiagnosed to realize it's fake. but if you pop their magic potions a.k.a "pills", you'll alter your mind believe god knows what they'll poison your mind to believe.

[JamesThornbrook]

Sleep. If only.

[CorsetsRatsAndMusic]

Hello!!! I'm bipolar, and I know what it feels like, so anyone who wants to talk can message me at formspring. me/ illnesssupport

<3333

[gayforlife2020]

I've been making youtube accounts for years: and my newest one is accruing videos so rapidly - sleep is optional! That's the bipolar side of me: but hypomania feels very "right" - so I stick with it. I have to be careful not to watch too many manic videos! It catches.

[nickfallzone]

@BorderlineNOS you stupid ignorant, thanks to that exact phase she is having, humankind has achieved almost everything worthy in almost every field, arts, sciense etc. Go and fight your stupidity with some knowledge, here, let me give you a tip, google this "famous bipolar people", maybe that will shut you up.

[SuperSonicSourD]

God, I hate living with ADHD.

[COJAZZ3]

I'm scared. WTF?

[LaxuliofShannara]

You are wonderful. I'm going to try this- I don't know why I'd never thought of it myself. When you were talking about blubber butt I was laughing my ass off-- mostly because you sound exactly like me when I'm hypo.

[imagineers0]

After considerable, exhaustive research, there is a new therapy.

Keep taking your meds. If they aren't working well or if the side effects are too unpleasant keep nudging them around with your Psychiatrist.

Now, in addition to cognitive behavioral counseling, music therapy, art therapy, yoga, aroma therapy there is now :

EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing.

Your trained Psychologist helps you focus your brain from left brain to right brain & back . It untangles thoughts