Am I going manic again?

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I've recently been diagnosed bipolar although psych thinks ive had it a number of years untreated apart from anti depressants. I took an overdose stupidly a couple of months back. New drugs have had bad side effects so was advised to stop taking them so I could get to a base line position. That was last Sunday. I'm now on my third night of no sleep, have spent a fortune on my credit card and am endlessly researching tattoos (new obsession) and have booked an appointment this week. I also booked a last min app for Botox and had that on Sat. Do you think I am going manic? Or if I truly was, would I not know about it until I crashed after? I know it's late so prob no-one up now, but any advice/ experience welcome.

Sorry for long and rambling post!

sounds a bit like it.. but your post seems pretty sober and short to me! I am having trouble sleeping but have a cold and loud neighbours. nights without sleep. . presumably days without sleep too. . are going to make most people's judgement off... The spending etc seems classic symptoms to me but I'm expert.
If upon know you are spending enough to get you into financial trouble and can't stop then I would guess one of the things you need to sort out is whether you are.

Hope the tattoo isn't too dramatic. . is with a good artistand in a sensible ish place. . Try to leave this until you know more about your state of mind perhaps!

Thanks for the reply, sounds rubbish being up ill with inconsiderate neighbours. Hope you get some rest soon.

I am sober - wishing I'd had a drink to crash out! Maybe tomorrow ...

I'd always thought these episodes were just me and not an illness. Suppose it's hard coming to terns with a diagnosis.

well I am fine with periods of different energy and times where things 'flow' but rarely have more than one night without sleep. If I'm excited about something or stressed or just absorbed stating awake until 3 or 4 or even till dawn isn't uncommon for me. .. also I know friends who are gamers who play all night regularly.

I am a Mania denier unless there is a real uncontrollable and unsafe aspect. I don't count people on a bit of a partying bender as 'manic' though some would. life is boring without some sleepless night s!

For me one sleepless night every now and again resets my sleep pattern. .anyway not sure if this is helping or not!

have you tried a good guided meditation track? I find about 20 mins of this. .. perhaps repeated until it feels comfortable .. can help me get to sleep when I otherwise can't. .

I am usually a really good sleeper - in normal or more depressed states I can sleep all night and most of the day and still feel tired. It's the racing thoughts at the moment that are troubling me - forget what I've started to think about before moving on to the next thing if that makes sense. My brain is probably tired if nothing else!

Haven't tried that but will look into it - thanks

You could have hypomania because you are still aware of your situation. Do you feel great?

In past I have had couple of hypomania-manias but I recognised them only after I had crashed. Nowadays I get only very mild ones when I do recognise I have more energy, colours are brighter etc.

But not sleeping for three nights does not sound good. When is your next review?

It sounds to me like you need to speak to your cpn. We'll done on possiblyspotting the early signs of mania. Hope you get this sorted.