Hi everyone, in this video I will share with you a glimpse of the hypomanic side of my bipolar life.

This eposide is entitled: THE ONE WHERE I VISITED LOLA UP IN THE JUNGLES. Hypomania explained.

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My grandmother, lived up in the mountains of the Northern Philippines, in a municipality called Natonin, in a tribe called Balangao.

HYPOMANIA

This is the less severe mania in a Bipolar Disorder’s spectrum of moods. Hypomanic episodes have the same symptoms of manic episodes but not so extreme as to cause impairment.

 

MY HYPOMANIA SYMPTOMS

• High-pitched voice
  My voice gets so irritatingly high-pitched, even I cannot stand it at times and I don’t understand half of what I am saying.
• Non-stop singing or talking
  Sometimes this gets annoying because I don’t even like my own voice.
• Converse with anyone
  I would talk to everyone – people, strangers, animals and things.

• Restlessness
  I can go on and on about anything and nothing.
• Unable to sit still
  I can’t sit and behave in one corner.
• Easily distracted
  I am everywhere!

• Many new ideas and plans
  I can physically feel my brain working and I get so many brilliant ideas.
• Doing multiple projects or tasks
  I say yes to everything… with no way of finishing them!
• Creative mind
  Sometimes I have genius moments.

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