Omg all this time I thought I was bipolar but I’m severely asthmatic and I had a manic episode after taking a steady dose of prednisone and THEN smoking weed. This explains sooooo much.
I had a completely psychotic episode in December after using my asthma inhaler during a severe chest infection. The steroids also sent my blood sugars very high. As soon as I stopped taking the inhaler things started to improve. It took a few weeks before I was back to normal. One of the reasons this happened is that I had not been taking the steroids daily and went from zero to a hundred i.e. zero to maximum dose quite quickly. This must have increased my dopamine levels. I run a bit high at the best of times. Fortunately, I never go low. I'm still struggling a bit with some hypo issues as my brain can be a bit "happy".
I really enjoy your vlogs. I am diagnosed as bipolar 2, chronic depression, OCD, PTSD, ADHD and DID. I am a lucky one as I've great insurance, a great team of mental health providers and my family and friends are 100% there for me. My diagnosis does not define me, I am successful in my career, in my marriage of over 31 years, and my relationships. My hope is that over time better mental health options are available for all those that need it, but until the, folks like you are a great resource 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Psychedelics would be nice. Too bad their natural inclination to make one question authority and the status quo will prevent them from ever being legalized even for medical necessity.
Struggling to deal with my 30-year-old bipolar son. Bipolar one mania and psychosis. Been hospitalized a few times. We're in a good place now. Drugs, marijuana alcohol caffeine. Those things are awful for bipolar and he's just learning he can't do those. Hopefully we're on our way to a much better place.
I’m not diagnosed yet to see if i have Bipolar but I do have severe adhd and the impulsives i get from that mixed w the guilt when i blurt out something hurtful. All that to say, I’m sure your son loves you and wishes he could be different at times. Or at least that’s how i feel when there’s consequences once’s i’m out of what feels like an episode. Hope you’re all good. yk😅
Dr. Marks. I know that you don't need someone like me to tell you this, but you are so good at what you do. Thanks for informing those of us who want to understand the myriad of mental illness that we see around us in society. Blessings to you. 🙏
I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar in 2009. I was on high doses of Beclomemthasone inhaler and Fluticasonse propironate for many years. I had underlying Type 2 Diabetes, PCOS, and Celiac Disease that was diagnosed in 2017. What made things much worse- I had weight loss surgery and developed Post Bariatric Reactive Hypoglycemia - which was not diagnosed until I woke up in a hospital after being in a diabetic coma. I have been properly reevaluated and now off all meds,and treating my hypoglycemia. I am grateful for access to research studies, online support groups, and educated medical professionals. I had a TBI in 2015
Every comment on here is so helpful. Rarely do I believe that social media is good in the world, but when so many people can stay semi-anonymous it really allows people to be honest and ask for help, when otherwise we would feel so embarrassed if were in a public space. I could walk past all of you in a mall and never know, and here we are helping one another. Thanks all!!
As a physician who started in pharmacy, I appreciate your thoughtful and comprehensive review of bipolar illness as well as the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Your UA-cam channel contributes to the collective effective mental health of the WORLD! 3/29/2023 15:53 Eastern GJBrownDO
My psychiatrist died suddenly and I was cut off from my PTSD meds cold turkey. The new doctor scrapped my previous diagnosis and diagnosed me with bipolar after less than 10 minutes during my first appointment. I looked up the symptoms and it just doesn't fit me at all. My suspicion is that I was having a temporary mania or anxiety because of the situation with my meds. No matter what though, it was a terrible time to diagnose anything.
Interesting about Prednisone. If I take a dose 3 days in a row I lose my mind on the third day. Drs have always been "that's weird" or not believed me. Only one had heard of such a thing, nice to know it is an actual thing.
MY DOCTOR HAD NO FREAKING CLUE!!! I took cortisone and all of a sudden I was impulsive and racing thoughts and vomiting and excitable and stuck in my head and suggestible and OCD and ADD and tinnitus en sound sensitivity and akathasia and she just kept immediately giving me meds??? Instead of a psychologist recommendation@@keturahspencer
Mania took my hand and showed me that reality is constructed in a huge factory run by little hidden creatures. While I was distracted by the beauty of that machine she surprised me by showing me that I'm one of the creatures in that cosmic factory as well, who is merely suffering from the illusion that I'm a human living in the Universe that was think we know. As I was coming to grips with that, she showed me that myself and all the other creatures running the machine are actually just singular, primal points of observation -- possessing no other actual attributes than the pure ability to know. Before I could process all of this I was gently transformed back into my body and sent home again.
Great point! I became manic will suffering from psychosis from chronic sleep deprivation, illness and pain. I wasn't dangerous, but I thank God I had no interactions with the police because I was not capable of making any sense.
@@incorrigiblycuriousD61 Omg, me too! My mouth was so open and loud, I could have easily confessed to things I have not even done, just by virtue of being silly.
I wish she was my doctor am sure she is overbooked! She's very knowledgeable and holistic! Which is useful when you have a medication resistant mental illness. This is also very useful for me as a health professional we don't think of this often when prescribing medication or in conditions she stated and its serious and can be confusing to the patient! Very very useful video!
my jaw dropped w this video bc ive been on these medications for years but my bipolar came first though. wow it all makes sense now, thank you so much dr. tracey, i really wish i had thiis info earlier as it would have helped me tremendously. will mention this to my doctor, we never really talked deeply about my other medications
This makes so much sense!!! I was prescribed baclofen for a few weeks after an injury at work, and I was incredibly manic for several days after taking it, and then I had extremely vivid nightmares
Omg I took Baclofen for spine pain forever and no one ever told me about these side effects. Thank you so much for your information. Gratefully I don’t take it anymore. I have a spinal cord stimulator on my spine. 😊
Thank you for this Dr. Marks. I live with an autoimmune inflammatory disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and diagnosed with Bipolar 1 . My rheumatologist and Psychiatric NP worked together in the 2 times I had to go high dose steroid or long period of steroid when I was in a severe flare. Both times I went straight into manic episodes, but grateful they were short because my medical team had a plan in place already.
My mania was caused multiple times by going into serotonin overdose from my antidepressants interacting with migraine medication (migraine abortives) and a certain type of antibiotics that have an effect on serotonin. It was all secondary mania
could this be what happened to me? i was on a low dose of ssris and smoking a lot of weed. but i had been doing that for years before and had no issues it just suddenly came up. my doctor said they wouldn’t interact with weed because im a medical patient, but the internet says it can cause serotonin syndrome
@@Mikaylap713 taper your doses, don't take the full dose all of a sudden. It helped when I took 1/3rds, then halves and than a full dose that was prescribed
MP; she has a video on serotonin syndrome. Tell your friends. Misdiagnosed often in the mild state. Can't miss it in the severe state. You end up in the ER.
Also, thank you for being educated about medical look-alikes and educating others about them~ There's not enough cross-training in the mental health field; this specific vein would GREATLY benefit the world to venture into more thoroughally so that people get, in my example of Hashimoto's, thyroid medication rather than anti-psychotics.
Percocet is a funny one. I knew a guy who was prescribed some tablets for a tooth extraction and instead of knocking him out he was up for nearly two days bouncing around and doing projects. His lawn never looked better.
I have a stash from tooth problems. I rely on them when my depression is so bad I'm near *****'s door. My stash is about 8 years old now, I rarely ever use them but they are incredibly important when I'm so far gone that I worry about whether I'll make it through the night. I wish doctors could find some way of prescribing drsgu like this. I do not want to be hlgh. I want to function.
Thank you for this! I have and had hoshimotos and it’s turned into hypothyrodism and I constantly feel like I’m in hypomania because of my constant anxiety and panic
Dr. Marks, the biggest problem in mental health atm is access to medications and prescribers dismissing patients as "drug seeking". Retirees / disabled are reaching out to street drugs for relief. How are we supposed to get help?
I'm glad you described this in the way you did. I believe I experienced secondary mania or something similar. I had pretty severe burnout due to comorbid psychiatric conditions and eventually a severe vitamin deficiency, when I would get particularly exhausted, I would have brief episodes of mania like episodes that sometimes included psychosis. When I had pmdd, the symptoms also mimicked bipolar, but where distinctly tied to my cycle. The only reason I was not misdiagnosed with bipolar is because I was assumed to be faking or over-exaggerating my symptoms. No, I am not glad I wasn't taken seriously, but I am glad that I don't have to deal with the bipolar misdiagnosis as some people I know have. Some people can be really messed up when they are treated with drugs for a disorder they do not possess.
@@mbybak The best I've been able to do so far is vitamin supplementation and dietary things. I'm hoping to eventually find a better and more consistent solution, because it's still not amazingly manageable, though I no longer have hallucinations due to it. I've heard that some people do well on anti-depressants or hormone supplements (I personally don't). For me personally, my pmdd can be very severe if I don't take vitamin D on a daily basis and around my cycle, I tend to eat more protein rich food when I need to be awake (sometimes it helps with the fatigue). I have found experimentally that some foods sit worse with my stomach or cause me to have worse cramps, though most of these I later found out I was intolerant to so that could be less helpful to you. I wish you luck in finding a solution
this video has stimuli everywhere! it’s a little bit distracting for me and i had trouble focusing on what you were saying. i like your videos with fewer effects. i appreciate you for covering these topics
Thanks for these videos. If I might add one more, also watch out for Rhodiola. Rhodiola is in many health/vitamin stores in blends made for mood improvement, focus/concentration, and memory (and in some other blends too, so always read ingredient lists!). It can make you manic within 2-3 days if bipolar runs in your family. People in health/vitamin stores usually don't know this and may praise the blend. Some unexpected drugs also (such as the antibiotic Biaxin) can cause mania in a small percentage of people. 1% of people may not sound like many, but if a million people take the drug and 1% go manic, that's 10,000 folks. Mania is bad not just because you talk too much and too fast, take stupid risks, spend massive amounts of money, wreck your relationships... you also lose the ability to sleep much if at all, which quickly creates a bunch of other issues.
Sounds like my mom since 2003 - 10/28/2015 and again 12/2023 but her Psychiatrist Doctor Lyndon Neighrhood Health says because my mom has been on Risperatal since about 2004 so he says she does not have Mania , I’ve been with mom with this for the past 21 years Doc. Lydon’s been here 2018 ish before him was Doc. Leaf Good Sam. Elderly Behavioral Unit before him was Doc. Ruperal ! And I am mom’s permanent guardian! Thanks for you’re teaching to help
A pain killer for shingles 5 years ago caused a temporary mania for a couple hours. My thoughts were going thru very fast. I laid in bed and did not move. Eventually, it sopped. Told doctor I don't want any more codeine meds. Very scary.
I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but actually I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before that and have been on methotrexate for a few years.
I can’t take antidepressants for my anxiety/depressive symptoms ‘cause they make me manic/hypomanic or cycling through several intense negative emotional states for hours then leave me shaky as hell afterwords-ie, pretty sure it’s a serotonin overdose. And when I was prescribed lyrica for what was initially assumed to be fibromialgia (it’s not; it’s ankyolizing spondilitis), the serotonin in the drug did something similar: uncontrolled depressive thoughts and a decreased ability to focus then left me incredibly shaky and sluggish when it finally finally worked its way out …and well…it’s damn difficult to get anyone to listen to me about it. When one psychiatrist FINALLY did, it was to basically call me hysterical to the nurse he told to come in when I burst into tears after months of him being pissy about me wanting to do genetic testing and not even reading my chart Ever-when I asked my therapist play Devil’s Advocate? Yeah, I don’t score high enough on Borderline or Bipolar or other personality disorders for it to even really be a concern; anything that almost looks like it is already a symptom of my diagnosed adhd and presumed cptsd + my anxiety/depressive symptoms improved After I had time for auto immune and IBS medications to build up …I’ll see if a psychiatric nurse practitioner finally listens to me. My therapist insists they’re generally better about this + mention my symptoms/concerns that I’m prone to what’s probably serotonin syndrome…which I did with the psychiatrist even before I knew there was a probable NAME for this. But like. I’m seriously questioning if my symptoms are Actual anxiety/depression vs just poor self esteem and secondary to the other stuff…as messing with my serotonin even on low doses is NOT GOOD and there’s no evidence for an underlying personality disorder (which was only ever mentioned by an asshole to discredit me, not because of any clear cause for concern.)
Hi Dr. Marks. I love your content and I watch all your videos. I am saying this because I want to give you honest feedback. The new "animated version of you parts" of the video are not working for me at all.
Sometimes I feel like I'm living life through someone else's eyes or like I'm in a dream. Only lasts a handful of hours while I'm at work every once in a while
I left 3 dents in the wall with my head from dexamethasone. I was yelling until I was soaked in sweat and my face was purple. At least the itching stopped.
I had a few alcohol induced manic episodes. I don’t drink anymore and am a recovering alcoholic. But there was a handful of times I drank all night/barely slept and then the next day I had Mania. I was aware it was going on. It was horrible when the low came. Now that I don’t drink (over 2 years sober) I haven’t had this happen to me anymore.
Holy crap, my psychiatrist had a look at my labs and suggested further testing to check for Hashimoto’s. I’ve been dealing with manic & depressive episodes since 2016. Could it be just that condition and not bipolar at all???
I am so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much. I watched the anxiety vs mania video and I now know why adhd is not my main diagnosis and mania is. I’m trying to figure out the cross over or clashing points between all of my diagnoses. I have your video on antisocial personality disorder paused. I’m working myself to to facing that part of that diagnosis. Anyway, thank you for your willingness and articulate ability to provide information that I’ve desperately needed.
I had a brain injury from CORTISONE and I spend a lot of money trying to do hearing tests and finding a good therapist and instead I ended up on benzos and now 2 years later I still cannot even walk or talk properly let along live a good life and I was fully functional in life and work and just asked for a psychologist and temporary sick leave for puking puking puking and a concussion but my doctor said I had no medical problem
What about an "extreme trauma"? Losing a child, finding a cheating spouse, being fired, or dramatic loss of income...can any of these cause secondary mania?
Thank you Dr. Marks, I'm feeling that I can't thank both your channel, as well as @Polar Warriors for teaching me so much about my disorder! Take care.
I can attest to the Prednisone issues. It's a good med, it works, but it just messes with you so much. I've become so sensitive to it, I react under 40mg. Thank you for acknowledging the possible manic effects of steroids. A lot of folks don't take it seriously, and that's hard when you're already dealing with medical stuff.
OH MY GOODNESS! That explains so much. I didn't react negatively to Adderall when diagnosed with ADD. So, they said I have borderline personality disorder. (I refused to take two new meds at once, and I'm glad I did.) However, I have also found out in my adult life that I have Hashimoto's (and now that I know what to look for, I was experiencing symptoms as a teen- just went undiagnosed). I could very well be borderline, but it could also just be the Hashimoto's. When I miss my thyroid meds, I get irrational for sure. I do want to note that though ADD and Hashimoto's has some overlap, I do feel like I need both levothyroxine and Adderall to be fully functional. My primary medication is levothyroxine, and I adjust the Adderall accordingly so that I don't get a racing heart if I drink a little caffeine.
"I didn't react negatively to Adderall when diagnosed with ADD. So, they said I have BPD" Can you explain this a bit? I reacted very positively (ie not negatively) which is really just confirmation of my ADHD if anything.
@@Lil_Yuri Essentially, people with bipolar disorder "randomly" cycle through emotions in a chemical imbalance sort of way. People with borderline personality disorder tend to experience rapic cycle of emotions as a reactionary response to their environment, which is why dialectical behavioral therapy is so effective. Therefore, Adderal doesn't negatively impact people with BPD, but it can impact people with bi-polar. Everyone has "control" of their body, even if it takes extreme effort, but since bipolar isn't exclusively reactionary, it screws with whatever imbalance causes the instability in the first place. On the other hand, people with borderline personality disorder usually develop this disorder as a response to repeated trauma, like excessive bullying, living with a narssasistic or otherwise mentally/physically abusive parent.
Dr. Marks I appreciate your Videos and content a LOT. It's neutrally presented, informative and understandable. I hope it won't become the new standard that the Videos have so many animations. That irritated and distracted me from the content. Keep up the great work
my eyes widened when you mentioned prednisone because i was on that medication last month and i have bipolar 2 😳 im pretty sure i did experience mania during it but i don’t remember a lot now
Whew! I get those, soooo glad I'm not nuts. I don't get them very often, no apparent triggers, just random moments of extreme joy ... might last five minutes or so ...
It happened to me, I was using dextromethorphin in low doses for chronic fatigue, then I had serious pain issues, and used it in high doses for pain.. big mistake
What does it mean if I experience auditory hallucinations, but without paranoia or delusional thinking? I am Borderpolar and ADHD, I've experienced hearing voices many times, they have never distressed me, I knew they weren't real, they were very clear, they were voices of people I know, and they usually say really funny things. I was also diagnosed as Psychotic but otherwise not specified and undefined personality disorder. My doctor has never given me a reason for why I experience these things, and I'm curious, it's not like I'm worried about it, I just wonder what the cause could be
In this process of being prescribed medication, we underestimate the value of good Pharmacists that guide and give insights on how their patients have given them feedback about medications. Pharmacists can be as helpful as medical doctors
I have Hosimoto’s that has been untreated for almost a decade. A doctor thinks I am bipolar 2, however I don’t feel that I am. I feel that it is my hosimoto’s. I honestly don’t want to take medication for either.
i did NOT know this about baclofen! I have MS and have had a few rounds of very high dose steroids. i notice i am very short tempered and emotionally labile...but lately i have noticed a pattern of severe, almost psychotic depression when ill (i wanted to burn my house down with me in it, fantasized and obsessed over it) luckily i have enough self-awareness to see when i am ill, and not get sucked in to my delusions and fantasies. then i get steroids and the depression clears..and next thing i know i spend months without a care in the world...my spending, eating, risk taking all increase and i could care less of the consequences. i was dx w BP1 by a therapist as a result and we both still wondered if this is med/MS induced. then you mentioned baclofen, which i take for muscle spasms and WOW. ok, so i am not inherently suffering from a psych illness, it is my MS and the drugs i take to cope with my MS. thank you Dr Marks!!! I will share this with my therapist and doctor, thank you!
Hello Dr. Marks, I appreciate your UA-cam videos and I am a huge fan. Could you please do a video that discusses Postpartum psychosis, how to treat it, and how mania plays a role in it. Also how it is similar to or differs from Bipolar disorder. It's just that it's a topic that is not so discussed and a lot of women end up being misdiagnosed not knowing what they are dealing with.
I've had mania induced three times each by prednisone, methylpredisolone, and baclofen while taking adderall xr concurrently for adhd. it's made me question if I have bipolar disorder as well as ADHD. the thing is that the mania wore off after I stopped taking those meds. I told my psychiatarist about these reactions. he was like "oh yeah, that'll do it" and told me to avoid steroids, baclofen, gabapentin, and lyrica in the future.
Dr Tracy Thanks for all your videos. I have been seeing different physiatrists the first told me that I have a schizotypal personality with slight Schizophrenia symptoms and the second told me I have a MADD. sometimes I laugh and talk my myself but never heard any voices or see things and usually for one week i continue talking my myself and shouting and laughing without any reason. I am currently on Paroxetine HCL 30mg and a sleeping pill of about 7.5mg, I am 37 years old and never experience such things in my life it was just since last year I am having a depressed mood, etc. I am currently working and doing all my job and taking care of my family etc but just worried my mood is not getting better I am very against taking any antipsychotic meds and I am so inspired by Dr. Peter Bergin and Noble price winner a great mathematician Josh Nash thoughts. Your reply would be very helpful to me what happen to me? or i am going to be a schizophrenic Thanks Michael.
Ah. So that’s what it is. Mania. Not the other stuff just the mania sounds EXACTLY like me without the impulsivity. Impulsive behavior can be dangerous without any forethought behind it.
Thanks for you explanation of Mania. It is hard what I deal with I have Schizoaffective Disorder Manic Type. I am mainly in a Paranoid state with the Mania but It is more manageable to where I am not having as bad as Impulses running to the computer for 8hrs a day. I was literally on the computer all day like glued to it what helped was taking invega, lithium, and olanzapine. I can go to walmart now which is a good thing.
I took 5-HTP and I think that it triggered my recent episode. If I trace it back, getting that supplement might have been a bad idea since I do have a diagnosis of Bipolar.
Thanks for this video. Does an antidepressant induced manic episode mean that you definitely have bipolar disorder or can it be a stand alone episode that's caused by a medication?
Hi, Dr. Marks. I have three questions. 1) With all of the illnesses in the DSM-5-TR, are Psychiatric prescribers trained in/treat all of said illnesses? 2)Are Psych Prescribers able to treat complications from disorders? i.e skin infections from picking in patients with OCD, or prescribing analgesics to those that might hurt themselves. 3) With SGA’s proving as an effective adjunct therapy in treating TRD, why can’t low does of long-acting SGA’s be used in patients that have issues with medication compliance? Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon, Jayson P.
Hi Dr Marks, thank you so much for your video. Could you please make a video about antidepressant and mania? I had a series of family losses in 2018 leading to anxiety and depression, as a result I took Sertraline for a long time, while during the time I smoked a lot of marijuana. I ended up with mania with psychotic features in 2019 and hospitalized. I was put on Olanzapine and got a diagnosis of bipolar I, and I have been taking Olanzapine since then, dose decreasing from 15mg to 10mg to 7.5mg which I am taking now. I have been stable for five years, with no mania or depression during these five years. So I am wondering, do I need a lifelong prescription for Olanzapine? Is my mania triggered by antidepressant and THC, or is my condition truly bipolar I...
A psychiatrist recently told me that you must have one manic episode to be classified as bipolar. But one hypomanic episode does not classify you as bipolar - only a manic episode and that she doesn’t believe hypomania is real. Can you speak on this? Thank you!
Manic episode for bipolar 1. Doesn't necessarily have depression. Hypomania without mania but has episode of depression for bipolar 2. I am diagnosed bipolar 1 & have had whole mood spectrum.
Hey! Thanks for the video. I have hashimotos and have been medicated for it for years. I went off of my thyroid medication (insurance issues), and all of my mood issues went away. I felt like my normal self. I tried researching this and couldn’t really find mood issues increasing with thyroid medication. Usually the opposite. Have you heard of this? Is it possible that I was over medicated and it was causing mania type symptoms?
you are skilled at presenting information in an educational way , factually based with a non judgmental kind approach ,
Thank you Nora. That's exactly what I aim to do. 👍🙂
I couldn’t agree more. Moms had prefrontal dementia over a decade and I’m finally learning how to navigate her mood disorder. Thank you
I was just thinking the same thing while watching and told my husband how Dr Marks videos have been so helpful. xx
@@DrTraceyMarks is mania triggered by antidepressant secondary mania or does that mean that the person has bipolar disorder?
@@DrTraceyMarkshey could you make a full video on unspecified bipolar disorder?
Omg all this time I thought I was bipolar but I’m severely asthmatic and I had a manic episode after taking a steady dose of prednisone and THEN smoking weed. This explains sooooo much.
it’s the weed trust that. it’s not for everyone as much as they’d like it be
I had a completely psychotic episode in December after using my asthma inhaler during a severe chest infection. The steroids also sent my blood sugars very high. As soon as I stopped taking the inhaler things started to improve. It took a few weeks before I was back to normal. One of the reasons this happened is that I had not been taking the steroids daily and went from zero to a hundred i.e. zero to maximum dose quite quickly. This must have increased my dopamine levels. I run a bit high at the best of times. Fortunately, I never go low. I'm still struggling a bit with some hypo issues as my brain can be a bit "happy".
I really enjoy your vlogs. I am diagnosed as bipolar 2, chronic depression, OCD, PTSD, ADHD and DID. I am a lucky one as I've great insurance, a great team of mental health providers and my family and friends are 100% there for me. My diagnosis does not define me, I am successful in my career, in my marriage of over 31 years, and my relationships. My hope is that over time better mental health options are available for all those that need it, but until the, folks like you are a great resource 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Psychedelics would be nice. Too bad their natural inclination to make one question authority and the status quo will prevent them from ever being legalized even for medical necessity.
You are very lucky to have had such wonderful support. You seem to have a lot going on for you outside of your illness. Congrats.
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Hey Rio, You keep thinking positive!!! My heart goes out to you. This stuff is soooooo hard and you can do this!
Struggling to deal with my 30-year-old bipolar son. Bipolar one mania and psychosis. Been hospitalized a few times. We're in a good place now. Drugs, marijuana alcohol caffeine. Those things are awful for bipolar and he's just learning he can't do those. Hopefully we're on our way to a much better place.
I’m not diagnosed yet to see if i have Bipolar but I do have severe adhd and the impulsives i get from that mixed w the guilt when i blurt out something hurtful. All that to say, I’m sure your son loves you and wishes he could be different at times. Or at least that’s how i feel when there’s consequences once’s i’m out of what feels like an episode. Hope you’re all good. yk😅
@@queenelizabee7246you seem very self aware, i hope everything turns out wonderful for you in life
I smoke sometimes and I haven’t had any issues. It actually helps me
Dr. Marks. I know that you don't need someone like me to tell you this, but you are so good at what you do. Thanks for informing those of us who want to understand the myriad of mental illness that we see around us in society. Blessings to you. 🙏
Zoloft induced a hypo manic state in me and I don’t have bipolar. It was a scary time
Had this too and also with max doses of other antidepressants:/ awful experience
How much were you prescribed? I take 150 mg for post-partum depression
I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar in 2009. I was on high doses of Beclomemthasone inhaler and Fluticasonse propironate for many years. I had underlying Type 2 Diabetes, PCOS, and Celiac Disease that was diagnosed in 2017.
What made things much worse- I had weight loss surgery and developed Post Bariatric Reactive Hypoglycemia - which was not diagnosed until I woke up in a hospital after being in a diabetic coma.
I have been properly reevaluated and now off all meds,and treating my hypoglycemia.
I am grateful for access to research studies, online support groups, and educated medical professionals.
I had a TBI in 2015
Every comment on here is so helpful. Rarely do I believe that social media is good in the world, but when so many people can stay semi-anonymous it really allows people to be honest and ask for help, when otherwise we would feel so embarrassed if were in a public space. I could walk past all of you in a mall and never know, and here we are helping one another. Thanks all!!
As a physician who started in pharmacy, I appreciate your thoughtful and comprehensive review of bipolar illness as well as the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Your UA-cam channel contributes to the collective effective mental health of the WORLD! 3/29/2023 15:53 Eastern GJBrownDO
I agree, this so necessary for all of us and she so intelligently explains this to average Joe's and Jill's.
My psychiatrist died suddenly and I was cut off from my PTSD meds cold turkey. The new doctor scrapped my previous diagnosis and diagnosed me with bipolar after less than 10 minutes during my first appointment. I looked up the symptoms and it just doesn't fit me at all. My suspicion is that I was having a temporary mania or anxiety because of the situation with my meds. No matter what though, it was a terrible time to diagnose anything.
Interesting about Prednisone. If I take a dose 3 days in a row I lose my mind on the third day. Drs have always been "that's weird" or not believed me. Only one had heard of such a thing, nice to know it is an actual thing.
That is weird. From my experience doctors know about prednisone. For my it makes me weepy.
my PCP didn't know that about prednisone, but my psych did.
MY DOCTOR HAD NO FREAKING CLUE!!! I took cortisone and all of a sudden I was impulsive and racing thoughts and vomiting and excitable and stuck in my head and suggestible and OCD and ADD and tinnitus en sound sensitivity and akathasia and she just kept immediately giving me meds??? Instead of a psychologist recommendation@@keturahspencer
Mania took my hand and showed me that reality is constructed in a huge factory run by little hidden creatures. While I was distracted by the beauty of that machine she surprised me by showing me that I'm one of the creatures in that cosmic factory as well, who is merely suffering from the illusion that I'm a human living in the Universe that was think we know. As I was coming to grips with that, she showed me that myself and all the other creatures running the machine are actually just singular, primal points of observation -- possessing no other actual attributes than the pure ability to know. Before I could process all of this I was gently transformed back into my body and sent home again.
That was beautifully articulated
can i use some of this in song lyrics
@@someone-gi5lq yes
@@mraidin321 thank youuu
@@mraidin321 ok i wrote it out, how do you want credit to work, like how do i credit you if you want me to
you are my favourite channel on bipolar disorder
This information is good for people to know especially with all the fatal encounters between people and law enforcement officials in recent times 😮
Great point! I became manic will suffering from psychosis from chronic sleep deprivation, illness and pain. I wasn't dangerous, but I thank God I had no interactions with the police because I was not capable of making any sense.
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Omg, me too! My mouth was so open and loud, I could have easily confessed to things I have not even done, just by virtue of being silly.
I wish she was my doctor am sure she is overbooked! She's very knowledgeable and holistic! Which is useful when you have a medication resistant mental illness.
This is also very useful for me as a health professional we don't think of this often when prescribing medication or in conditions she stated and its serious and can be confusing to the patient! Very very useful video!
my jaw dropped w this video bc ive been on these medications for years but my bipolar came first though. wow it all makes sense now, thank you so much dr. tracey, i really wish i had thiis info earlier as it would have helped me tremendously. will mention this to my doctor, we never really talked deeply about my other medications
This makes so much sense!!! I was prescribed baclofen for a few weeks after an injury at work, and I was incredibly manic for several days after taking it, and then I had extremely vivid nightmares
Omg I took Baclofen for spine pain forever and no one ever told me about these side effects. Thank you so much for your information. Gratefully I don’t take it anymore. I have a spinal cord stimulator on my spine. 😊
Thank you for this Dr. Marks. I live with an autoimmune inflammatory disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and diagnosed with Bipolar 1 . My rheumatologist and Psychiatric NP worked together in the 2 times I had to go high dose steroid or long period of steroid when I was in a severe flare. Both times I went straight into manic episodes, but grateful they were short because my medical team had a plan in place already.
My mania was caused multiple times by going into serotonin overdose from my antidepressants interacting with migraine medication (migraine abortives) and a certain type of antibiotics that have an effect on serotonin. It was all secondary mania
I’m trying antidepressants finally after being unmedicated for a year and I’m concerned about this.
could this be what happened to me? i was on a low dose of ssris and smoking a lot of weed. but i had been doing that for years before and had no issues it just suddenly came up. my doctor said they wouldn’t interact with weed because im a medical patient, but the internet says it can cause serotonin syndrome
@@kaylaisrad i don't think so, I've never had that problem. Can't say for 100% but your doctor is most likely right
@@Mikaylap713 taper your doses, don't take the full dose all of a sudden. It helped when I took 1/3rds, then halves and than a full dose that was prescribed
MP; she has a video on serotonin syndrome. Tell your friends. Misdiagnosed often in the mild state. Can't miss it in the severe state. You end up in the ER.
I SO appreciate all you do here.
Creatine Monohydrate, a very common sports supplement that's also good for boosting cognitive performance, can also trigger mania in some people
Also, thank you for being educated about medical look-alikes and educating others about them~ There's not enough cross-training in the mental health field; this specific vein would GREATLY benefit the world to venture into more thoroughally so that people get, in my example of Hashimoto's, thyroid medication rather than anti-psychotics.
Percocet is a funny one. I knew a guy who was prescribed some tablets for a tooth extraction and instead of knocking him out he was up for nearly two days bouncing around and doing projects. His lawn never looked better.
I've had that same reaction every time I've taken it.
I have a stash from tooth problems. I rely on them when my depression is so bad I'm near *****'s door. My stash is about 8 years old now, I rarely ever use them but they are incredibly important when I'm so far gone that I worry about whether I'll make it through the night. I wish doctors could find some way of prescribing drsgu like this. I do not want to be hlgh. I want to function.
Lmaoo
As always, so interesting and helpful!
So glad! Thanks for continuing to tune in 🙂
Thank you for this! I have and had hoshimotos and it’s turned into hypothyrodism and I constantly feel like I’m in hypomania because of my constant anxiety and panic
Thank you, Dr. Marks, I always learn something new from your videos.
Dr. Marks, the biggest problem in mental health atm is access to medications and prescribers dismissing patients as "drug seeking". Retirees / disabled are reaching out to street drugs for relief. How are we supposed to get help?
That, and our concerns with having reactions to medications is utterly blown off and we get labeled as Resistive for self-advocating
I'm glad you described this in the way you did. I believe I experienced secondary mania or something similar. I had pretty severe burnout due to comorbid psychiatric conditions and eventually a severe vitamin deficiency, when I would get particularly exhausted, I would have brief episodes of mania like episodes that sometimes included psychosis. When I had pmdd, the symptoms also mimicked bipolar, but where distinctly tied to my cycle. The only reason I was not misdiagnosed with bipolar is because I was assumed to be faking or over-exaggerating my symptoms. No, I am not glad I wasn't taken seriously, but I am glad that I don't have to deal with the bipolar misdiagnosis as some people I know have. Some people can be really messed up when they are treated with drugs for a disorder they do not possess.
How did you treat the pmdd? thanks
@@mbybak The best I've been able to do so far is vitamin supplementation and dietary things. I'm hoping to eventually find a better and more consistent solution, because it's still not amazingly manageable, though I no longer have hallucinations due to it. I've heard that some people do well on anti-depressants or hormone supplements (I personally don't). For me personally, my pmdd can be very severe if I don't take vitamin D on a daily basis and around my cycle, I tend to eat more protein rich food when I need to be awake (sometimes it helps with the fatigue). I have found experimentally that some foods sit worse with my stomach or cause me to have worse cramps, though most of these I later found out I was intolerant to so that could be less helpful to you.
I wish you luck in finding a solution
this video has stimuli everywhere! it’s a little bit distracting for me and i had trouble focusing on what you were saying. i like your videos with fewer effects. i appreciate you for covering these topics
I posted a comment like this also. Way too crazy animations
Thanks for these videos. If I might add one more, also watch out for Rhodiola. Rhodiola is in many health/vitamin stores in blends made for mood improvement, focus/concentration, and memory (and in some other blends too, so always read ingredient lists!). It can make you manic within 2-3 days if bipolar runs in your family. People in health/vitamin stores usually don't know this and may praise the blend. Some unexpected drugs also (such as the antibiotic Biaxin) can cause mania in a small percentage of people. 1% of people may not sound like many, but if a million people take the drug and 1% go manic, that's 10,000 folks. Mania is bad not just because you talk too much and too fast, take stupid risks, spend massive amounts of money, wreck your relationships... you also lose the ability to sleep much if at all, which quickly creates a bunch of other issues.
Interesting how this just happened and I was wondering why. Thanks for the information.
Sounds like my mom since 2003 - 10/28/2015 and again 12/2023 but her Psychiatrist Doctor Lyndon Neighrhood Health says because my mom has been on Risperatal since about 2004 so he says she does not have Mania , I’ve been with mom with this for the past 21 years Doc. Lydon’s been here 2018 ish before him was Doc. Leaf Good Sam. Elderly Behavioral Unit before him was Doc. Ruperal ! And I am mom’s permanent guardian! Thanks for you’re teaching to help
It's that time again.
Yay, I'm glad you're here. 🙂
A pain killer for shingles 5 years ago caused a temporary mania for a couple hours. My thoughts were going thru very fast. I laid in bed and did not move. Eventually, it sopped. Told doctor I don't want any more codeine meds. Very scary.
I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but actually I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before that and have been on methotrexate for a few years.
I can’t take antidepressants for my anxiety/depressive symptoms ‘cause they make me manic/hypomanic or cycling through several intense negative emotional states for hours then leave me shaky as hell afterwords-ie, pretty sure it’s a serotonin overdose. And when I was prescribed lyrica for what was initially assumed to be fibromialgia (it’s not; it’s ankyolizing spondilitis), the serotonin in the drug did something similar: uncontrolled depressive thoughts and a decreased ability to focus then left me incredibly shaky and sluggish when it finally finally worked its way out
…and well…it’s damn difficult to get anyone to listen to me about it. When one psychiatrist FINALLY did, it was to basically call me hysterical to the nurse he told to come in when I burst into tears after months of him being pissy about me wanting to do genetic testing and not even reading my chart Ever-when I asked my therapist play Devil’s Advocate? Yeah, I don’t score high enough on Borderline or Bipolar or other personality disorders for it to even really be a concern; anything that almost looks like it is already a symptom of my diagnosed adhd and presumed cptsd + my anxiety/depressive symptoms improved After I had time for auto immune and IBS medications to build up
…I’ll see if a psychiatric nurse practitioner finally listens to me. My therapist insists they’re generally better about this + mention my symptoms/concerns that I’m prone to what’s probably serotonin syndrome…which I did with the psychiatrist even before I knew there was a probable NAME for this. But like. I’m seriously questioning if my symptoms are Actual anxiety/depression vs just poor self esteem and secondary to the other stuff…as messing with my serotonin even on low doses is NOT GOOD and there’s no evidence for an underlying personality disorder (which was only ever mentioned by an asshole to discredit me, not because of any clear cause for concern.)
THANK YOU SO MUCH Dr.Marks your incredible and your videos help me so much 🙏🏼💗
Hi Dr. Marks. I love your content and I watch all your videos. I am saying this because I want to give you honest feedback. The new "animated version of you parts" of the video are not working for me at all.
Sometimes I feel like I'm living life through someone else's eyes or like I'm in a dream. Only lasts a handful of hours while I'm at work every once in a while
I left 3 dents in the wall with my head from dexamethasone. I was yelling until I was soaked in sweat and my face was purple. At least the itching stopped.
I had a few alcohol induced manic episodes. I don’t drink anymore and am a recovering alcoholic. But there was a handful of times I drank all night/barely slept and then the next day I had Mania. I was aware it was going on. It was horrible when the low came. Now that I don’t drink (over 2 years sober) I haven’t had this happen to me anymore.
Yeah, that low after mania is a real butt kicker.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is another one.
Holy crap, my psychiatrist had a look at my labs and suggested further testing to check for Hashimoto’s. I’ve been dealing with manic & depressive episodes since 2016. Could it be just that condition and not bipolar at all???
I am so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much. I watched the anxiety vs mania video and I now know why adhd is not my main diagnosis and mania is. I’m trying to figure out the cross over or clashing points between all of my diagnoses. I have your video on antisocial personality disorder paused. I’m working myself to to facing that part of that diagnosis. Anyway, thank you for your willingness and articulate ability to provide information that I’ve desperately needed.
I had a brain injury from CORTISONE and I spend a lot of money trying to do hearing tests and finding a good therapist and instead I ended up on benzos and now 2 years later I still cannot even walk or talk properly let along live a good life and I was fully functional in life and work and just asked for a psychologist and temporary sick leave for puking puking puking and a concussion but my doctor said I had no medical problem
this makes a ton of sense. I had the worst asthma I’ve ever experienced and took some medications for it. I did not know it causes psychosis.
For me a sleeping pill (trazadone) was the best medicine for me. Depression does not seem to occur as long as I get sleep
Thank you
When my thyroid was high I was very manic
I had this two years ago when I stopped my antidepressants and mood stabilizer (MDD, Anxiety, ADHD-Inattentive Type). 🤔
What about an "extreme trauma"? Losing a child, finding a cheating spouse, being fired, or dramatic loss of income...can any of these cause secondary mania?
Yes
Thank you Dr. Marks, I'm feeling that I can't thank both your channel, as well as @Polar Warriors for teaching me so much about my disorder! Take care.
I can attest to the Prednisone issues. It's a good med, it works, but it just messes with you so much. I've become so sensitive to it, I react under 40mg.
Thank you for acknowledging the possible manic effects of steroids. A lot of folks don't take it seriously, and that's hard when you're already dealing with medical stuff.
OH MY GOODNESS! That explains so much. I didn't react negatively to Adderall when diagnosed with ADD. So, they said I have borderline personality disorder. (I refused to take two new meds at once, and I'm glad I did.) However, I have also found out in my adult life that I have Hashimoto's (and now that I know what to look for, I was experiencing symptoms as a teen- just went undiagnosed). I could very well be borderline, but it could also just be the Hashimoto's. When I miss my thyroid meds, I get irrational for sure. I do want to note that though ADD and Hashimoto's has some overlap, I do feel like I need both levothyroxine and Adderall to be fully functional. My primary medication is levothyroxine, and I adjust the Adderall accordingly so that I don't get a racing heart if I drink a little caffeine.
"I didn't react negatively to Adderall when diagnosed with ADD. So, they said I have BPD"
Can you explain this a bit? I reacted very positively (ie not negatively) which is really just confirmation of my ADHD if anything.
@@Lil_Yuri Essentially, people with bipolar disorder "randomly" cycle through emotions in a chemical imbalance sort of way. People with borderline personality disorder tend to experience rapic cycle of emotions as a reactionary response to their environment, which is why dialectical behavioral therapy is so effective. Therefore, Adderal doesn't negatively impact people with BPD, but it can impact people with bi-polar. Everyone has "control" of their body, even if it takes extreme effort, but since bipolar isn't exclusively reactionary, it screws with whatever imbalance causes the instability in the first place. On the other hand, people with borderline personality disorder usually develop this disorder as a response to repeated trauma, like excessive bullying, living with a narssasistic or otherwise mentally/physically abusive parent.
Dr. Marks I appreciate your Videos and content a LOT. It's neutrally presented, informative and understandable.
I hope it won't become the new standard that the Videos have so many animations.
That irritated and distracted me from the content.
Keep up the great work
my eyes widened when you mentioned prednisone because i was on that medication last month and i have bipolar 2 😳 im pretty sure i did experience mania during it but i don’t remember a lot now
Whew! I get those, soooo glad I'm not nuts. I don't get them very often, no apparent triggers, just random moments of extreme joy ... might last five minutes or so ...
That's not what a manic episide is
I disbelieve psychiatry even more now…I did not think that was possible.
That is breaking through the clouds animation Doc
It happened to me, I was using dextromethorphin in low doses for chronic fatigue, then I had serious pain issues, and used it in high doses for pain.. big mistake
Boy I'll bet that was scary. I'm sorry this happen to you. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@@DrTraceyMarks thank you for replying, you are an amazing doctor, your patients are so lucky, sadly I’m in the wrong country to be your patient. 🥰
Q)What about mania caused by anti-depressants or cold tablets or even preservatives in food❓❓
I love Mania. I want it all the time. Depression is harder
You could be the only help for my son. We have seen few psychiatrists with no luck.
What does it mean if I experience auditory hallucinations, but without paranoia or delusional thinking? I am Borderpolar and ADHD, I've experienced hearing voices many times, they have never distressed me, I knew they weren't real, they were very clear, they were voices of people I know, and they usually say really funny things. I was also diagnosed as Psychotic but otherwise not specified and undefined personality disorder. My doctor has never given me a reason for why I experience these things, and I'm curious, it's not like I'm worried about it, I just wonder what the cause could be
In this process of being prescribed medication, we underestimate the value of good Pharmacists that guide and give insights on how their patients have given them feedback about medications. Pharmacists can be as helpful as medical doctors
Uggghhh I was so hoping it was like depression and could just happen whenever now I have to see a doctor :((
I have Hosimoto’s that has been untreated for almost a decade. A doctor thinks I am bipolar 2, however I don’t feel that I am. I feel that it is my hosimoto’s. I honestly don’t want to take medication for either.
i did NOT know this about baclofen! I have MS and have had a few rounds of very high dose steroids. i notice i am very short tempered and emotionally labile...but lately i have noticed a pattern of severe, almost psychotic depression when ill (i wanted to burn my house down with me in it, fantasized and obsessed over it) luckily i have enough self-awareness to see when i am ill, and not get sucked in to my delusions and fantasies. then i get steroids and the depression clears..and next thing i know i spend months without a care in the world...my spending, eating, risk taking all increase and i could care less of the consequences. i was dx w BP1 by a therapist as a result and we both still wondered if this is med/MS induced. then you mentioned baclofen, which i take for muscle spasms and WOW. ok, so i am not inherently suffering from a psych illness, it is my MS and the drugs i take to cope with my MS. thank you Dr Marks!!! I will share this with my therapist and doctor, thank you!
Hello Dr. Marks,
I appreciate your UA-cam videos and I am a huge fan. Could you please do a video that discusses Postpartum psychosis, how to treat it, and how mania plays a role in it. Also how it is similar to or differs from Bipolar disorder. It's just that it's a topic that is not so discussed and a lot of women end up being misdiagnosed not knowing what they are dealing with.
I've had mania induced three times each by prednisone, methylpredisolone, and baclofen while taking adderall xr concurrently for adhd. it's made me question if I have bipolar disorder as well as ADHD. the thing is that the mania wore off after I stopped taking those meds. I told my psychiatarist about these reactions. he was like "oh yeah, that'll do it" and told me to avoid steroids, baclofen, gabapentin, and lyrica in the future.
Mania is the only time I get anything done
Thanks Dr. T.
Why do the symptoms of mania sound like me in my early 20s
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My doctors did not warn me of Baclofen. I will research. Thanks.
Dr Tracy Thanks for all your videos.
I have been seeing different physiatrists the first told me that I have a schizotypal personality with slight Schizophrenia symptoms and the second told me I have a MADD.
sometimes I laugh and talk my myself but never heard any voices or see things and usually for one week i continue talking my myself and shouting and laughing without any reason. I am currently on Paroxetine HCL 30mg and a sleeping pill of about 7.5mg, I am 37 years old and never experience such things in my life it was just since last year I am having a depressed mood, etc.
I am currently working and doing all my job and taking care of my family etc but just worried my mood is not getting better I am very against taking any antipsychotic meds and I am so inspired by Dr. Peter Bergin and Noble price winner a great mathematician Josh Nash thoughts.
Your reply would be very helpful to me what happen to me? or i am going to be a schizophrenic
Thanks
Michael.
Ah. So that’s what it is. Mania.
Not the other stuff just the mania sounds EXACTLY like me without the impulsivity. Impulsive behavior can be dangerous without any forethought behind it.
You're so wonderful. Thank you for your help
Did one of these things happen to Austin Harooff?
I had medically induced Mania form Wellbutrin
Thanks for you explanation of Mania. It is hard what I deal with I have Schizoaffective Disorder Manic Type. I am mainly in a Paranoid state with the Mania but It is more manageable to where I am not having as bad as Impulses running to the computer for 8hrs a day. I was literally on the computer all day like glued to it what helped was taking invega, lithium, and olanzapine. I can go to walmart now which is a good thing.
I have cyclathemia and a couple other things. The biggest mania inducer I've seen is meds and caffeine.
I took 5-HTP and I think that it triggered my recent episode. If I trace it back, getting that supplement might have been a bad idea since I do have a diagnosis of Bipolar.
Thank you SO SO much for this. I will burn this into my memory.
Anesthesia for a surgery and opioid iv in the ER to relieve ovarian cyst pain for me.
Bipolar ADHD must take care about vyvanse. It can triggers a really strong mania.
Thanks for this video. Does an antidepressant induced manic episode mean that you definitely have bipolar disorder or can it be a stand alone episode that's caused by a medication?
I want to know this to
What about hypomania? It’s possible to have that from SSRIs or Borderline Personality Disorder
Tracey Marks has stepped up her video animation game.
I don’t have bipolar and antidepressants made me completely manic both prozac and lexapro. So now i have to try antipsychotics.
Hi, Dr. Marks. I have three questions.
1) With all of the illnesses in the DSM-5-TR, are Psychiatric prescribers trained in/treat all of said illnesses?
2)Are Psych Prescribers able to treat complications from disorders? i.e skin infections from picking in patients with OCD, or prescribing analgesics to those that might hurt themselves.
3) With SGA’s proving as an effective adjunct therapy in treating TRD, why can’t low does of long-acting SGA’s be used in patients that have issues with medication compliance?
Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon,
Jayson P.
I got a high dose of steroids through an IV & Now I am in a constant state of mania. I can’t seem
to get out
Hi Dr Marks, thank you so much for your video. Could you please make a video about antidepressant and mania? I had a series of family losses in 2018 leading to anxiety and depression, as a result I took Sertraline for a long time, while during the time I smoked a lot of marijuana. I ended up with mania with psychotic features in 2019 and hospitalized.
I was put on Olanzapine and got a diagnosis of bipolar I, and I have been taking Olanzapine since then, dose decreasing from 15mg to 10mg to 7.5mg which I am taking now. I have been stable for five years, with no mania or depression during these five years.
So I am wondering, do I need a lifelong prescription for Olanzapine? Is my mania triggered by antidepressant and THC, or is my condition truly bipolar I...
Do you have resources you could link with more information about the connection between Hashimoto's and mania?
A psychiatrist recently told me that you must have one manic episode to be classified as bipolar. But one hypomanic episode does not classify you as bipolar - only a manic episode and that she doesn’t believe hypomania is real. Can you speak on this? Thank you!
Bipolar II
Manic episode for bipolar 1. Doesn't necessarily have depression. Hypomania without mania but has episode of depression for bipolar 2.
I am diagnosed bipolar 1 & have had whole mood spectrum.
Huh? I can promise I've been hypomanic multiple times lmao
@@puppppppies Same! But according to her, she doesn’t believe in hypomania….needless to say, I’m getting a second opinion.
Me who has bipolar and ADHD: 🥲 this is fine
Hey! Thanks for the video. I have hashimotos and have been medicated for it for years. I went off of my thyroid medication (insurance issues), and all of my mood issues went away. I felt like my normal self. I tried researching this and couldn’t really find mood issues increasing with thyroid medication. Usually the opposite. Have you heard of this? Is it possible that I was over medicated and it was causing mania type symptoms?
Can long term alcohol dependency and self medicating resemble quick cycling?
The info is great! I love all the visuals except the cartoon version of you.
Ah as someone with hashimotos it’s very confusing bc hashimotos is also heavily linked with depression 😅