Symptoms of a Manic Episode

• Unrealistic delusions of grandeur, you feel like you can do anything (not medicated)
• Take on too many projects, too large projects (it is impossible to finish them) (not medicated)
• Social butterfly  (everyone likes me, who cares attitude, need to socialize) (not medicated)
• Take dangerous risks (with your health, your job and your family) (not medicated)
• Unsympathic attitude towards others (no empathy at all)
• Obsessive/Compulsive behavior (cleanliness issues, repetitive tasks)
• Racing thoughts (not medicated)
• Hyperactivity (can not sit down for a long duration) (not medicated)
• Shaking (your body can vibrate)
• Enhanced creativity
• Sudden weight loss (not medicated)
• Urge to stop taking medications
• Enhanced self image (not medicated)
• Enhanced sex drive (not medicated)
• Feelings of vigor, more energy (not medicated)
• The world is centered around you (not medicated)
• Everything is apocalyptic (not medicated)
• Need for alcohol and drugs, the need to feel high
• Insatiable appetite for attention and action even if it is bad attention and bad action
• Hallucinations (hearing chanting or voices talking, smelling smoke, feeling a touch etc. (not medicated)
• Paranoia which can be extreme (not medicated)
• Loss of short term memory
• Feel an extremely strong urge to do socially inappropriate things (making a spectacle of oneself, doing something you normally would not become involved with, be the life of the party) (not medicated)
• Be an emphatic speaker (use your hands more and talk and laugh loudly)
• Night frights (waking up thinking there are aliens in your room, a ghost at the foot of your bed, terrifying delusions that involve someone coming to get you) (not medicated)
• Spend money unrealistically (not medicated)
• Pain tolerance level is higher
• Don’t feel hunger as fast
• Binge eating

When you see not medicated by the symptom listed, it means it is controlled when I am properly medicated.  I, however, still suffer the effects of this symptom, just not to the same degree.  If I have missed a symptom or you have others, I apologize.  Like I said, these are only the ones I have personally experienced.  If you wish to discuss you symptoms, whether they are similar to mine or not, please feel free to email me or leave a message on the message board.