Am I having manic episodes?

[FaithDancer]

I've had up and down moods since I was 14, I am now 18 my lows had always been the worst feature and they would last for about a week or two then I would have high moods for a few days however when they started they were very rapid and I could have two or three mood swings a year up until about 16 were they became weeks. Which had always been very pleasent I felt fantastic I had no sense of fear I would do anything I feel like and it felt like everything was happening for a reason. I didnt need to sleep and my body was feeling like it was electric I would stay up 21 or 22 hours a day and once stayed awake for 40 hours. However there had been down side such as on some highs my whole mission maybe to have sex and I have slept with a number of my male friends but then would compleatly regret and feel terribly guilty about it when I crashed. Recently though my high moods have started to take darker turns sometimes I've started to have audio hallucenations this can also happen on low mood. Also I've become very aggressive during highs, I am also not an aggressive person however on a high mood a attacked my father over the fact he wouldnt let me go out for a walk at 2 am in the morning and he had to restrain me till i calmed down. I am pretty sure that my high mood is a form of mania but I am not to sure.

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**I could have two or three mood swings a day up until 16.

 

[Always Changing]

Hi Faith,
Welcome to the forums

It appears to me that you have a pretty good sense of what is happening with you as regards your mood swings, you could be on the right track but as you say you do not know for sure. Sometimes there are other medical\psychiatric reasons for mood swings, Bipolar is not the only reason people have mood swings or what appear to be manic episodes.. The only way to find out for sure is to make an apt with your G.P who then (based on his assessement) may refer you to a psychiatrist who is Qualified (not all g.p's are) to make a diagnosis.

Can you go see your g.p as a starting point in getting to the bottom of your behaviour??