I think there is a CHANCE I might be somewhat manic (but if I am, I believe SZ is far more prominent), but honestly I can’t get even the slightest idea of what a manic episode is like. If anyone has any personal or observant experience with manic episodes, can you describe it to me? thanks!
Ive only had a few in my lifetime but it feels like ur on a bunch of adderall. All these thoughts start rushing in like u know everything right to say. Also extremely focused but at the same time eccentric. Thats how it was for me at least. I didnt like it honestly and ive known some manic depressives that say they love it and feel like God. The rhythm to manic depression by Jimi Hendrix embodies it perfectly musically
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That doesn’t sound fun at all. Does it kinda feel like agitation ramped up?
Sort of ive known people during fits of mania get very edgy. A friend i had once always kept a machete in his driver seat and once threatened a guy who cut him off at a stop light. He was waving it in the air yelling at the dude “don’t make me use this u yadayadayada.” It can be scary to be around but those are extreme instances. Milder i would say u just feel on top of everything like ur batman or something. Im glad i don’t go through manic phases really except a few cause u feel on top of everything but it is normally followed by a decline
That’s pretty serious. I’ll let you know if I ever think it might be happening.
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Yea they range from mild to serious just keep a look out. R u worried about having one?
A little. Looking back, I may have had one before. May be even having one right now now that i think about it, but I’m researching and trying to figure it out.
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to me it is like having lots of energy and wanting to do lots of things but not being able to
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Hypomanic… energetic… ready to be social… no fear… feeing great. Not tired at all.
Manic… euphoric… brain opened up into the universe… I get a bit belligerent and emphatic… I can’t sit still.
Many many thoughts… many directions to go at once… hard to finish anything, but I start a lot of small projects… I talk fast… and end up loosing track of what I was doing. It feels sort of thrilling and a bit out of control all at once.
The brain is racing and the body is at top energy… but a wheel can only spin so fast before it starts to crash. The brain get a bit out there with the thinking and it’s never good ideas.
then the hypersexual needs kick in and I end up not sleeping for a few days… I can feel the wheels leaving the road… out of control and no working breaks.
you sound a bit manic just now, are you ok?
Thank you for the shout out…
I have been feeling a bit unanchored the past few days… there has been a lot of activity going on…
Family has been great and understanding… it’s just lots going on.
working on keeping the brain and the mind on the same page.
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I think I may have those sometimes. A little bit right now. I have so many thoughts, I feel like i can just do anything. i have so many musical and scientific ideas in my head that i can’t keep track of them. Also i feel soooooo irritated by everything. Holy crap I feel so full of energy and I honestly don’t think I’ll sleep all night.
Yep… sad part for me is… that would just be the beginning.
I’m on Depakote … Latuda… Seroquel to level myself out.
For the most part… I’m pretty level.
But sometimes there is just the cross wired glitch in my head… and 
I’m predicting the future again… and other sneaky brained thinking starts in.
Keep an eye on it… see if you can burn off the energy… a run… shooting hoops…anything to burn off the energy so you can sleep.
Good luck 
Thanks for the advice. Good luck to you too (:
When I had my manic episode I felt like there were connections between everything in the universe. My thoughts were coming extremely quickly. I felt like I was unlocking the secrets of the universe. Physically I felt like I was burning up. My heart was racing and I had developed tremors. I felt like I wanted to spring up and do something of extreme importance every second. All my thoughts seemed completely new and untested and every thought brought on this visceral sensation of terror and wonder. I felt like every new thing I took in was some ultimately significant revelation.
It was as if someone had came in overnight and switched the world for a brand new one and I was running around learning the secrets of this new universe.
My big manic episodes were marked by an intense feeling of belonging in the universe. Like @eduvigis said, connected to everything.
I was hyperhappy and cheerful, too cheerful.
@SurprisedJ explained it pretty well.
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I had a months long period of intense manic spells followed by extreme depression a year ago. When I was manic I felt a surge of energy and an extreme desire to communicate with others. My personality changed from being an introvert to that of an extrovert. I had extremely little sleep but didn’t feel tired. I tended to pace endlessly and couldn’t sit down or calm down. I couldn’t stop talking and my mind was racing quickly and my thoughts were numerous. I felt happy all the time. I suddenly had the guts or nerve to try to do whatever I felt like doing. However I also had delusional grandiose thoughts that were impossible to achieve, I wanted it all then, and when I read my writing from that period I realize now that I really was not happy. Now after barely sleeping for a year I have a almost normal sleeping schedule again. My doctors said it was anxiety caused by a new drug I was taking but I take some drugs for mood now and will probably always wonder what really happened.
Were you ever able to focus at all on school or work?
So was it kind of a huge rush of agitation in a way? And yeah, based on your description I think I may have had this. It’s even kinda hard to focus on just typing up these comments haha
@eduvigis I actually think it might be happening right now. Like for example I just got maybe 2 hours of sleep and I feel totally rested.