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shutterbug · 01-23-2008, 09:37 PM

his rapid speech is normal...so is him not making much sense.
You can also expect him to be frequently irritable and/or paranoid.
Whether or not, he looses touch with reality will be the BIG question.
It is not uncommon for some to see or hear things that they know full-well are not there.

Jamison lists other common features of mania or hypomania as including spending sprees, "reckless driving, extreme impatience, intense and impulsive romantic or sexual liaisons, and volatility."

"In its extreme forms mania is characterized by violent agitation, bizarre behavior, delusional thinking, and visual and auditory hallucinations."

Patty Duke described her own behavior as often being very violent and dangerous. Also....it's important to point out from Jamison's book, that as was true with Patty Duke,....there have been studies that have shown a strong association between alcoholism and mania. Jamison lists there to be about 60 percent of bipolar patients to have either drug or alcohol dependence. And she also points out that we are also more likely than any other group to commit suicide. She puts it in these terms: About 20 percent of us actually go through with it.....and about 2/3 of all the people who ever do committ suicide are found to have suffered from depressive or manic-depressive illness.

That....I totally agree with! Because major depression is just SO hard to bare over and over and over again.

She also points out that some "studies have found that rhymes, punning, and sound associations increase during mania and many patients spontaneously start writing poetry while manic (often without any previous interest in either reading or writing poetry)."

"hypomania also has been found to increase intellectual functioning on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale." .... "The grandiosity of spirit and vision so characteristic of mania, coupled with manic drive and intensity, can add an expansiveness and boldness as well."

"Manic patients, for example, tend not only to speak more, and more rapidly, but also to use more colorful and powerful speech, including more action verbs and adjectives."

"An important and significant symptom of the endogenous depression - but also of mania - is the daily fluctuation of mood and of the total state. Improvements of all symptoms usually occurs towards evening, the retardation and depressive mood particularly showing a change for the better."

I hope you find some of this at least a little interesting.

hugs,
Jenna

01-23-2008, 09:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,947 Blog Entries: 5	his rapid speech is normal...so is him not making much sense. You can also expect him to be frequently irritable and/or paranoid. Whether or not, he looses touch with reality will be the BIG question. It is not uncommon for some to see or hear things that they know full-well are not there. Jamison lists other common features of mania or hypomania as including spending sprees, "reckless driving, extreme impatience, intense and impulsive romantic or sexual liaisons, and volatility." "In its extreme forms mania is characterized by violent agitation, bizarre behavior, delusional thinking, and visual and auditory hallucinations." Patty Duke described her own behavior as often being very violent and dangerous. Also....it's important to point out from Jamison's book, that as was true with Patty Duke,....there have been studies that have shown a strong association between alcoholism and mania. Jamison lists there to be about 60 percent of bipolar patients to have either drug or alcohol dependence. And she also points out that we are also more likely than any other group to commit suicide. She puts it in these terms: About 20 percent of us actually go through with it.....and about 2/3 of all the people who ever do committ suicide are found to have suffered from depressive or manic-depressive illness. That....I totally agree with! Because major depression is just SO hard to bare over and over and over again. She also points out that some "studies have found that rhymes, punning, and sound associations increase during mania and many patients spontaneously start writing poetry while manic (often without any previous interest in either reading or writing poetry)." "hypomania also has been found to increase intellectual functioning on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale." .... "The grandiosity of spirit and vision so characteristic of mania, coupled with manic drive and intensity, can add an expansiveness and boldness as well." "Manic patients, for example, tend not only to speak more, and more rapidly, but also to use more colorful and powerful speech, including more action verbs and adjectives." "An important and significant symptom of the endogenous depression - but also of mania - is the daily fluctuation of mood and of the total state. Improvements of all symptoms usually occurs towards evening, the retardation and depressive mood particularly showing a change for the better." I hope you find some of this at least a little interesting. hugs, Jenna __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).