controlled mania - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

coralvilleman · 02-26-2009, 05:30 PM

I had a manic episode this past fall. During it everybody thought i was cool and i was never nervous around people. I met a bunch of people and girls loved me too. Is there anyway that i could become manic again but in a controlled fashion. Because now i am really nervous and anxious around people. If so what things could i do to become slightly manic. Because I really enjoyed my manic phase.

katlin09 · 02-26-2009, 09:27 PM

ummmm...well I can honestly say this is a first. I don't think there is a way to cause yourself to be manic on purpose. And really I'm not sure why anyone would want to...but that's just my opinion.

kat

Dee-nah · 02-27-2009, 07:49 AM

You also have to realize that when your maniac and things don't work out the way you want them that maniac will go against you!!!

I LOVE being happy maniac but I HATE being sad maniac and angry maniac... I don't think people realize that maniac isn't only when your happy!

dreams in neon · 02-27-2009, 12:17 PM

As far as my mania is concerned, I LOVE my mania at the beginning of an episode, but hate it towards the middle and end because that's when I become extremely angry/irritable and depressed. I'm still trying to get my rapid cycling under control so that I'm not manic all the time, but I just started a new med which I'm hoping will reduce my cycling so I can start to feel level more often than not. As I said, I love my manias at the beginning of an episode, but if I had a choice between feeling manic vs. feeling level, I'd choose feeling level since I'm not cycling between one mood and another.

katlin09 · 02-27-2009, 06:55 PM

Dee-nah,

I got a giggle out of you saying Maniac as opposed to Mania....

kat