Heels 1Below is a list of my personal CrazyInHeels symptoms of Hypomania:

  • Sleeping less, I average about four hours of sleep a nigh and I’m not tired when I wake up. I feel like my brian is working and excited even before I wake up. I’m wide awake as soon as the alrm goes off.
  • Self Confidence, I’m happy to be me. I feel more intelligent, beautiful, accomplished, driven, determined, movtivated, etc… anything good.
  • Very creative, I usually come up with a lot of good ideas for new projects (i.e. this website :) )
  • I have more concentration and work longer.
  • I tend to lose weight because I’m not as hungry and the doctor once told me that because my mind is working so fast I’m actually burning more calories (this is called the “activation” period of bipolar
  • I have racing thoughts. I feel like my mind is on a mad dash and I’m struggling to keep up with the thoughts. So many thoughts and ideas are flying around up there I can barely grab one to focus on as they wiz by.
  • I tend to talk faster and have more to say, very talkative
  • I’m always happy and excited about life
  • I can barely sit still
  • I dread going to bed it’s just wasting precious time that I could be getting something done, I’m not tired

Below is a list of symptoms of Mania taken from “New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder” written by Jan Fawcett M.D., Bernard Golden PH.D., and Nancy Rsenfeld (pg 32)

  • Heightened mood and exaggerated optimism and self confidence
  • Decreased need for sleep, with no fatigue
  • Grandiose delusions, inflated sense of self importance
  • Excessive irritability, aggressive behavior
  • Increased physical and mental activity
  • Rapid pressured speech, flight of ideas from one topic to another, distractability
  • Poor judgement, impulsiveness
  • reckless behavior such as spending sprees, rash business decisions, erratic driving, and sexual indiscretions

Please see the following links for more information regarding Mania:

Symptoms of Hypomania Bipolar II

http://www.depression-guide.com/hypomania.htm

http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx21.htm

http://www.manic-depression.net/mania/hypomania.htm

http://helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm

http://www.realage.com/soothe-stress/mind-and-mood/mania-symptoms