Bipolar/Aspergers support and chat thread

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I am sorry I didn't read the whole thread.

I have a few questions: How do you control grandiose thoughts when a manic phase hits?

And when manic phase crashes do you feel extremely nice and generous?

I isolate myself.

No, I feel like isolating myself more and am irritable. Particularly if I haven't gotten much sleep.

If you search for "rapid cycle bipolar" on youtube the best example ive seen will come up. It has a lot of negative ratings but ignore that. It stars a girl called Karli and was done for a class project. I can't link to it directly because I'm on my mobile.

I try to analyze each thought logically and objectively - and determine this way whether it is either realistic, reasonable, or a good idea. I try to employ Aspergers style analytical thought.

Also, reading the whole thread is not a requirement! Hahaha

I am hyperactive during a hypomanic phase. once it crashes I am quite irritated and isolate myself.

Oh thank you. maybe I don't have AS or I can't employ logical thinking which I prolly should try to do during manic phases. I do think logically until my manic phase gets the better of my thoughts.

I have all of that and feel extremely cold especially in the chest area. It feels like my chest is about to explode and my face feels like its painfully swollen up.

Well, to be fair I'm a type 2 (hypomanic - not full blown mania). Are you a type 1?

My thinking during hypomanic phases IS illogical, however I am able to tell that I am hypomanic. I am unable to control my irrational thoughts and desires but what I CAN do is attempt to monitor my external behaviour. I don't have complete success doing so, but since I figured out to do this there's been a huge improvement in my self control during hypomanic phases.

Eg. I get this thought in my head that it would be a fabulous idea to go on an all day sugar binge (eating only sugary foods - sugar has a strong effect on me) throughout the city where I live. As this is an idea which then requires follow up behaviour, I make myself stop and analyze the idea as objectively as I can while still hypomanic.

Is it completely unreasonable and outside the realms of sane behaviour? No. (most hypomanic as opposed to manic ideas aren't).

Is this behaviour that other non-hypomanic people partake in? No. Not to this extreme.

Therefore this behaviour may be something I shouldn't do.

But I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SUCH AAAAAWESOME FUUUUUN!! !! !! ! XD XD XD

As I am uncertain about this behaviour (there is a seed of doubt placed due to objective analysis) I cannot allow myself to do it now while I am aware of my hypomania and thus know my decision making processes may be impaired. However, to placate myself, given what little self control I currently have, I will undertake this behaviour once I am certain I am not hypomanic IF I still want to do so.

Invariably, after the hypomania is gone, my desire to engage in said behaviour goes with it so I heave a sigh of relief. Especially if said behaviour involves expenditure, or risk taking.

If you have type 1 though and experience full blown mania though this technique probably won't work because you'll be more likely to be delusional also and have complete loss of any form of control. The only real way to treat mania is through medication or hospitalization.

I think against periods of hypomania though this technique can help. It definitely hasn't been successful 100% of the time, but sometimes it works quite well.

*splat* stuck this thread up.

Thank you:) I can see a bit of myself in her, though I'm not as all over the place as she is.

Sadly, I am, haha.

I just looked that up. Holy Moly... they could have been filming me.