What are your mania symptoms? How do you feel?
Are random crying and laughing symptoms of mania or sz?
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That sounds more like BPD Or SZa.
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For me mania was having immense energy to do whatever I feel like doing. To the extent of convincing people that I need to quit job and go to some place and start a new life which is practically impossible. Also experience random laughter and cries. Also spending recklessly. Having risky sexual interactions. Racing thoughts no sleep. Hallucinations and delusions accompany mania as well when it lasts long.
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I experienced all these off my risperidone, my diagnosis is sz. I think I was misdiagnosed and its sza.
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Maybe you need to get recalibrated with diagnosis. I also kind of feel I have SZa not bipolar as bipolar has periods of normalcy and no symptoms and can function better than Sz/SZa. For me I live in fear always and never had content and happy feelings about my life.
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Both I think. Inappropriate laughter or crying can come with sz as well, I believe.
And according to internet sources, Biopolar disorder can experience Laughing and crying, even at the same time.
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Honestly I am tired of increasing and changing my meds. I was on 10mg Abilify, then 20mg then 80mg Latuda then 3mg Risperidone and now 6mg. I would hate it to go up to 8mg or be on Clozapine. Clozapine is my only option if risperidone is not enough or stop working. I was psychotic on 15mg Olanzapine, even 10mg Abilify was much more effective for me.
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The crying was still happening sometimes on 8mg risperidone. I was on 8mg for a week, it was horrible I couldn’t get out of bed, its the max dose and equivalent to 40mg olanzapine or 16mg invega.
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Aziz random crying and laughing could be mania depressive behaviors. But they could also can be signs of other illnesses.
Just laugh all of you whom call me a fool. I’m not that stupid at all.
I wear my title of Paranoid Schizophrenic like a crown with honor and dignity.
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Yes, but mania is usually an indicator for SZa or BPD is my understanding.
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I dont have a bipolar diagnose as my mania does not last for more than 12hrs then I crash and sleep and it is gone for a while I have never had mania last for days.
When I seem in mania I don’t want sleep anymore. I cry emotionally for myself, I do laugh at the voices in my head. I dance to music, I get into a type of ecstasy with my voices which are more like telepathic thoughts from others and not auditory. It feels like I reached where I want to be in life. My fears are gone and I don’t think about consequences as much. I don’t want the experience to get to out of hand or end. Then I bonk hard after 5-12 hours of mania and am exhausted. Then I just want to sleep and be left alone with nothing to do for days.
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Random crying and laughing…oh yes, they are confirmation that I am having a bipolar mixed episode.
I can actually do both at the same time and be monumentally confused. I hate it.
I’m sza bipolar btw.
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I have SZA but don’t really experience highs or lows anymore. I do have a pretty wide range of emotions unfortunately though.
If I cry or laugh I wouldn’t call it random. Cry usually due to realizing how messed up my situation is, laugh because my voice randomly said a joke or I got a funny intrusive thought.
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If I understand all of you right in that you got mixed emoutions then I angree on that of you must have a diagnosis of Schizo affective disorder.
I only have one illness and that’s Paranoid Schizophrenia and I don’t have the luxury of feeling.
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I don’t think I have mania anymore at all whatsoever but when I ACTUALLY DID these were my most common symptoms
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Urged to do bad things for example if want to go get drunk at a bar and I don’t drink
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I’d say inappropriate stuff often sexual innuendos to anybody and everyone
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My thoughts would race and I’d have endless energy
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The voices would go away and I’d have more visual hallucinations
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I’d have grandiose ideas like running a company that’s bigger than Starbucks
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When completely off of meds I’d watch excessive porn because I’m not giving my actual name I’m ok with this as long as the mods are ok with me admitting this
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Stuff you do while watching pornography aka masterbaiting
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Wanting to talk and save the world
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One time I almost took my clothes off in public and did im sure it wouldn’t of ended well
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Very impulsive
However since hadol I might be cured and maybe it naturally cured me idk if i still have it
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Bursting out in crying or laughter with no reason at all sounds more of a schizophrenia thing.
Sudden bursts of laughter or crying can also be part of bipolar cycling.
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I actually did it I was naked and ran a 100 mtrs up and down but the place was an empty beach. Hopefully no one was there my friend was in the waves of the sea busy.
It actually made me feel good.
I lost something in the beach though, it’s like something left me and ran away.
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Yeah I’m getting second thoughts about “am I cured or am I just stable from medication” idk however I’m just thinking and thinking I can’t stop wondering if I don’t have a problem anymore
Always remember there is a pdoc to conclude.
My therapist and multiple psychiatrists have said the same thing but it’s not true like 5 therapists and none of them understand that I no longer suffer from it
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