How does it feel like to have bipolar disorder?

Christine Miloyo

🌸I have Bipolar 2 Disorder.

🌸 My moods change more often than the seasons and with my moods, my energy levels change also.

🌸I am either too up or too down, but I am rarely in between.

🌸When I am down, I cannot just snap out of it l. I cannot think positively to make it go away.

🌸I barely pull myself out of the bed and into the shower.

🌸 Being around people is just too hard, I don’t always feel sad, sometimes I don’t feel like I am giving up, but this is when I am fighting the hardest, just to stay alive.

🌸When i am up, life is wonderful. Nothing can go wrong, and I have all the energy in the world, I want to go out, I want to DO, I want to accomplish, I am super confident.

🌸I talk too fast. And it bothers me when those around me can’t keep up.

🌸 Sometimes I am irritable and snappy, I want things done my way, I want everything done at once, I am impulsive.

🌸 I like being up more than being down, but I am down much more often.

🌸The hardest part of this disorder is that I never know when my mood will change. It is a roller coaster, and it is exhausting, to ride a rollercoaster every single day of your life.

🌸I hide what I am going through in order to make you feel more comfortable and I’m tired. I did not ask for this, any more than a person asks for cancer.

💪I fight everyday. I am stronger than you know. I am #bipolarstrong💪

BKiwu

Thank you for sharing your experience with the disorder. I've picked that the change in moods is something that cannot easily be controlled. With medication and proper understanding of the disorder, I believe things are improving for the better albeit slowly.

Christine Miloyo

@BKiwu Correct 💯 Always a pleasure sharing my experience with the condition. In as much as the moods are unpredictable, knowing one's triggers and watching out for early signs helps rescue the episode from becoming full blown. Medication and therapy is what keeps me going.