Sometimes I feel guilty for having #ActuallyBipolar in my profile because nothing ever happens anymore but now a lot of the warning signs for #hypomania and a very slight #psychosis are showing up. I have doubts that this is the correct way to interpret what's happening anymore and I'm exploring that but it's basically the same thing that always happens anyway.
Don't worry. I have a concrete plan and support who has been alerted already.
(1/n)
I also have medication in case of emergency. That's useful to counteract psychosis and insomnia. So far I'm just using a different one to force myself to sleep.
The proper way to deal with this is to first of all not panic, second of all to not take risks, then start reducing as much stress as possible and make sure you're sleeping no matter what. If you think you can't handle it on your own, then you probably can't and you should get help.
(2/n)
In case you don't know the signs. I can tell you a little bit of what's going on but I won't go into detail because honestly it's private. You get increase energy, increased activity, increased confidence, severe insomnia, extremely decreased attention span, desire to talk all the fucking time (and write long threads haha), more interest in sex and other things like that. For me specifically I have an unsatisfied desire to be social right now...
(3/n)
I also might have a slight psychosis but I'm still evaluating whether that's the case or not. I may have misinterpreted this in the past and I'm not sure anymore.
There's more symptoms that are typical for hypomania and mania but I don't have them right now so I won't list them. You can find it all in WIkipedia though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania There's a lot of good videos on YouTube if you check that out too.
(4/n)
Anyway, I think I'm probably fine and just a bit hypochondriac rather than hypomanic (har har) but it's better to be on alert when this shit happens because if you don't then you can really destroy your life and I've worked hard for the little bit of peace and progress I've got so I don't want to lose that.
Good luck to anyone else out there struggling. You're not alone. ❤️
(5/5)
I just coincidentally saw this and I can never recommend her channel enough, so here you go.
"10 Signs I'm Slipping into Psychosis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQrTyrp03EY
(6/5)
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