A Bipolar Blog

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Me: thanks love you guys too

Gee I wish I had been that nice when I was manic. I was an asshole haha.

Bipolar episodes present so many different ways. Bipolar I and II follow a pretty predictable pattern, but symptoms and their durations are less clear as you look at other parts of the spectrum. I do have clients who experience an hour or two of depression in the morning and are hypomanic for the rest of the day. I have clients who stay up all night with pretty severe hypomanic symptoms and then seem stable during the day. After a client has been officially diagnosed I typically tell them to not worry about whether their bipolar is “normal”. Everyone’s brain is unique. We focus on their experience and work on a holistic recovery plan that is best suited to them.

me: you mean like your standards ok or my standards ok