What does being bipolar feel like?

its like extreme changing of moods or emotions in a mini seconds and bipolar can do anything even without thinking the things would harm themselves or others and it be in hyper happy or sad crying just like a roller coaster

Being bipolar feels different to each individual and maybe it is not even a feeling maybe it is more like the weather somedays a tornado comes around turns into a hurricane. The next day it becomes sunny and birds are singing and life is good then the sun becomes too bright and over heats the earth. These cycles last for days or years at a time.

Bipolar Disorder feels like riding on a roller coaster that jumps of its tracks and crashes. You are zipping along faster and faster through loops and spirals, ups and downs, going to the highest of highs...it’s just pure energy...and then suddenly, you are plummeting down down down and BOOM! You hit the bottom and your brain is in a daze...all energy is gone...the ride is over....and the world around you is shattered.

I often explain living with Bi-Polar like this: I’m the Army we had PT every morning at 5AM. You knew you were going to get a dose of push-ups, sit-ups, circuit grinders and usually an 8 mile squad or group run. That’s par the course...”Good Morning!” Now, what I had to do and keep to myself: Since I lived off post and had no vehicle I had to wake up at 3am, wash,dress and run 10 miles to get to post, make PT formation and successfully participate and complete unit pt with no signs of prior fatigue! That’s a sense of what the daily grind living with Bi Polar is to me!

It's like riding a rollercoaster of mood. You can be so happy like you are a rocket unleash to the outer space but then you can fall to the ground and it crush you so bad.

Being bipolar feels similar to riding a slow rollercoaster with steep hills. It can feel confusing and stressful. Being bipolar can feel draining, and make it difficult to live day to day. There are different types of bipolar. Depressive episodes can include feelings of overwhelming sadness. In this type, you are prone to sleeping abnormally, having a hard time focusing, and/or socializing. There is also Manic episodes. Those episodes usually consist of abnormal sleeping, having a hard time focusing, and socializin as well. Both types of bipolar can feel overwhelming. People diagnosed tend to feel tired alot, and as if they will never get through their current episode.

Bipolar disorder is like a roller coaster of emotions, all of the sudden you feel happy and all of the sudden sad. When you go to people telling you are tired they don’t believe you . When you say you can’t do it they feel you are making excuses, no one believes you and it is traumatizing but yes it can be cured so don’t give up. Just try reaching out to counselors or someone you can tak to . Bipolar can be managed by taking steps and making a healthy routine . For a long term staying strong willl help :)

Bipolar disorder is an illness that produces dramatic swings in mood (amongst other symptoms). A person with bipolar disorder will alternate between periods of mania (elevated mood) and periods of depression (feelings of intense sadness). In between these two extremes, a person will have periods of normal mood. When someone is in the middle of a manic episode for the first time they usually do not realise that there is anything wrong. It is often friends, family or colleagues who first notice that there is a problem. Unfortunately the person may object if anyone tries to point this out as they may not believe they need help. This is quite understandable because people experiencing a manic mood swing often feel better than they ever have done before. The trouble is that this wonderful sense of happiness leads you to become increasingly detached from day-to-day reality. Many people report that when they have recovered from one of these episodes they regret the things that they said and did while they were manic. Doctors use the word 'hypomania' to describe less severe manic episodes. Hypomania needs to be watched, as it can escalate into mania. Then for someone with bipolar disorder, a depressive episode can be much more severe.

When you’re taking the right medication it doesn’t feel like anything to have bipolar. Unless...unless you are under heavy heavy stress. At that point there is a good possibility that your symptoms may resurface. Your life may be a bit more of a roller coaster ride than most, but if you take care of yourself and try to minimize stress, your life should go along as normal with very few hiccups. The only problem is you may start to feel so normal that you think you don’t need the medication or you go into denial and then it will make life very difficult for you. You’ll have to start the process of finding the right medication and becoming stable all over again.

Bipolar is having your body racing a million miles when your Spirit is buried a million miles below and then after a while you go so far down into a black hole which you know all too well, it’s a dark time and it’s back again you don’t know how long or why it came but it’s here and it’s so real, it kills , literally and so you have no energy and all those plans you made and events you entered are gone to pieces and when you don’t turn up people don’t worry for you they just give out and add stress into your life spiraling you worse before all the healthy things you had going are gone and your back on square one before you get so dangerously high that’s you can do anything you decide to buy a new car have a party, have the drugs because you only live once but that brings your once chance at life so dangerously close to death and you’re all too aware of this as it’s happening the atonal voice lost between the extremes is constantly screaming warning you but it’s never heard, you only hear that when you’ve made the mistake and then it guilt's you into thinking your terrible and have no purpose and can’t do anything right and you’re down again, low on money sobriety compromised people you’ve annoyed you can’t even explain how it happened you’ve lost those who are important to you and you’re feeling worse than ever and the only sure thing is that this will continue uncertainty you and indefinitely until it claims you for good