Thoughts on Bipolar Overawareness Week: Part II

Here are some things that have occurred in my life:

• racing thoughts
• spending sprees when I have no money
• cleaning at odd hours of the night
• thinking that I’m the most amazing job interviewer ever
• worrying that people are watching me through video cameras or the wall in public bathroom stalls
• afraid that a video camera exists in our bedroom (I know it doesn’t. I think?)
• talking to "friends" who don’t really exist
• disobeyed parents
• talked back to authority
• suicide attempts
• rage/anger/hostility/irritability
• temper tantrums
• violent outbursts
• socially awkward
• extreme mood swings (happy to sad or angry in the same day)
• doing things and barely remembering them
• memory loss/forgetfulness
• chronic fatigue
• indecisiveness
• no interest in sleep
• inability to focus on one thing for an extended period of time/lack of concentration
• anxious about being around people I don’t know/don’t like
• anxious to go out and spend time with friends and/or family
• impulsiveness
• overeating
• persistent, negative thoughts

All right. So those are some things that have occurred over the course of my life. Let’s see what I diagnoses I can pigeonhole myself into.