Is feeling manic a side effect of Wellbutrin? I have racing thoughts and non-stop energy.
Wellbutrin can certainly cause racing thoughts and lots of energy. I have bipolar and I take Wellbutrin for depression and ADHD. When I first started it, I didn’t sleep for a month, I was super irritable, and I had tons of energy. It was weird, though, because I wasn’t exactly manic…at least not in my usual way. I did eventually go fully manic, but that was months after I started taking it.So, it’s possible that you are manic, experiencing side effects, or both at the same time.Are you taking anything else for your bipolar symptoms? Wellbutrin doesn’t work as monotherapy for bipolar (at least not for me) because it doesn’t do anything to stabilize our moods or prevent mania. Did the doctor who gave you Wellbutrin know you have bipolar? Did they know about your bipolar treatment plan (if you have one)?I’m not a doctor, but I have been a bipolar person on just Wellbutrin, and I wouldn’t recommend it. I still take Wellbutrin and I love it (I eventually got over the side effects), but I also take Seroquel to keep the mania in check.If you think you’re going manic, then I would go back to the doctor. I waited out my Wellbutrin-induced racing thoughts and energy, so it might work out for you too if you can stick it out, but mania has to be addressed no matter what.
Can someone be manic but not have racing thoughts?
There are many symptoms that get collected under the label of “mania.” These include not sleeping much. Having lots of ideas. Starting many projects but finishing few or none. Being very irritable. Being paranoid. Having hallucinations. Spending money unwisely. Having many sexual relationships or love relationships in short periods of time.Racing thoughts are just one symptom among all these symptoms. The absence of that symptom doesn’t stop psychiatrists from offering a diagnosis of mania, or bipolar disorder, if the mania alternates with depression. In fact, there are so many symptoms for all the mental illnesses or disorders. So many symptoms are included in several diagnoses. The same set of behaviors or symptoms could get you any one of a number of labels or diagnoses.There isn’t, in my opinion, enough agreement between psychiatrists on which label any given patient should have. This is a big problem for the discipline. Other scientific disciplines require a much higher level of overlap between the opinions of different individuals before they will consider the definition of qualitative criteria to be sufficiently precise to be used to sort people into categories in a reliably reproducible way.
What are bipolar racing thoughts?
The most notable aspect of it for me is that I’ll be thinking several totally unrelated (sometimes even incompatible) trains of thought at the same time.One track: I’m SO ANGRY that soandso tried to make me feel bad about myself because I’m awesome and what the hell do they know.Another track: Will anyone like me for who I am? Maybe I should kill myself, yeah, I should definitely kill myself.A lot of my mania is mixed, so it looks like that — euphoric/angry and depressed at the exact same moment. That one happened when I was unmedicated.Now that I am on medication, it’s more tame and only really happens if I am very very tired, or caffeinated, or both. Most recently, I was lying in bed trying to sleep and thinking about two conflicting obligations I had for the following evening (a regular class I attend, and an audition for a play), and I was mentally preparing for/feeling nervous about each one of them as if I planned to attend it, even though that’s impossible because I can only attend one. I was, at the exact same time, mentally practicing the skill I’d use for one thing (singing/acting), and at the same time mentally practicing the skill I’d use for the other thing (Brazilian jiu-jitsu), and feeling nervous about “when I attend” each one. It was pretty weird.
Homicidal thoughts and mania?
For the past two weeks I have been so happy and euphoric, talking so fast and thinking I can do whatever I want but at the same time been so angry, aggressive and irritable. I have not slept the last 3 days, had bad racing thoughts and hallucinations. Today my homicidal thoughts have been so bad. All I want to do is stab everyone in the face and chest and repeatdley stab them to death to stop my head from racing so fast and shut the voices up. I have felt this way before and threatened my boyfriend with a knife before stabbing myself due to voices and racing thoughts. I am planning on telling the crisis team tonight when they arrive. What will they say or do? I'm scared of myself right now, the thoughts are so intense. I'm in the UK if that matters.
Do you think migraines can cause racing thoughts?
Although a doctor could answer this better than anyone, I myself have suffered migraines for a very long time. Everything gets louder and brighter, as you know. This makes it hard to concentrate for me because it does amplify my thoughts. I don't know of it scientifically/neurologically actually does, but it sure feels like it! Because of the lack of concentration, thoughts can seem to race, which can also cause anxiety! Hang in there. And if you haven't already, try to see a neurologist who specializes in migraine.
Is racing thoughts the sort of the same as hearing voices?
No, racing thoughts (or "flight of ideas") is different than hearing voices. Thoughts are subjective ideas, available only to you, inside your head. You understand that they are internal, and do not perceive them as being spoken to you. "Hearing voices" (a type of auditory hallucination) signifies psychosis, and implies that you hear vocal speaking that sounds as though it is coming from an external source, and could potentially be audible to others (unlike racing thoughts). Racing thoughts are a symptom of both anxiety and ADHD. They are also symptomatic of mania (the "up" part of bipolar disorder). Labeling these thoughts as "loud" could mean several things. If you mean that they're disruptive and persistent, that's still different than them being audible. Having words and images stuck in your head is quite different than believing you are literally hearing voices speak. However, racing thoughts, if part of bipolar mania, could co-exist with hearing voices if you do in fact suffer from bipolar disorder and are actively psychotic (likely bipolar I with psychotic features). If you experience any of the above (racing thoughts or auditory hallucinations), you should let a doctor or psychiatrist know as soon as possible. Those symptoms can be easily relieved with either antidepressant, psychostimulant, anxiolytic, or antipsychotic medications.
Mark Zuckerberg's racing thoughts in The Social Network?
I know this isn't reality, but the way they portrayed him in this movie seemed very symptomatic of hypomania, or even mania. Like, when he was going through the process of putting together FaceMatch. Though, admittedly, his thoughts seemed too slow for a manic episode. At least, compared to what I'm used to. But, didn't anyone else watch that and think... wow... this dude is bipolar as ****?
Can a person have a bipolar disorder without having manic episodes?
Yes. Bipolar 2 has episodes of anger,irritability,restlessness,frustration, racing thoughts,insomnia, feeling super happy out of the blue instead of flat out mania. There can be episodes of recklessness like shop lifting ,over spending,sexual recklessness or binge drinking, The person is aware of being in these states but can be clueless as to why.whereas in true mania ,I believe , a person is unaware how off the rails they have gone and there are added components like delusions,extreme paranoia etc.Mostly, bipolar disorder was described to me by a psychiatrist as a pie chart. 3/4 of the pie chart is depression,feeling empty,blue, unexplainedly lonely and sad, and that is the state a bipolar person lives in most of the time. 1/4 of life is a lesser version of,not a true mania,as described above.people can cycle rapidly between these states or spend years between shifts of mood.
Can you have mania (staying up for days and being hyper) without being bipolar?
Bipolarity (BP 1) is certainly associated with mania but manic episodes may indicate any number of mental disorders, drug abuse (commonly, amphetamines, PCP) or another illness such as hyperthyroidism.Mania is over-the-top behavior that has components of irrationality, abnormally heighten senses, paranoia, rapid speech, lack of focus, exaggerated physical movements, entitlement, irritability, insomnia, aggressiveness, and more. In bipolarity, these symptoms of an elevated mood promote dysfunction and can last many days or weeks, even sometimes months, but it is rarer. Also, there are 2 subtypes of bipolarity that have distinctive mood patterns; rapid cycling and mixed episodes.When making a differential diagnosis, a doctor should first eliminate the possibility of hormonal, high glucose, drug-induced and other causes of manic-like behavior that have nothing to do with bipolarity. Anxiety and panic disorders have some of the mentioned symptoms, as does PTSD. These should be considered. Medicating too soon for bipolarity, unless he is a danger to himself or others, could create a whole new set of problems. If serious enough, hospitalization may be necessary where a diagnosis can be established.Edit.Several personality disorders are also defined in part by extreme moods and mood swings. We all have personality traits but these illnesses present with disturbed behavior that is different from what society expects of them. They all lack impulse control, which can lead to faulty decision-making, agitation, grandiose ideas and an altered sense of self. At the top of this list of PD's that have some manic behavior are; narcissistic, histrionic and borderline, and paranoid. Borderline, in particular, has symptoms found in mania. For example, behavior is prone to self-damage such as spending sprees, risky sex, reckless driving, binge eating and substance abuse.