Signs of bipolar affective disorder: Mania
- Feeling happy or excited, even if things are not going well for you
- Feeling better about yourself than you would usually
- Feeling irritable
- Issues with sleep, sleeplessness
- Thinking you can do much more than you realistically can
- Having lots of new, exciting ideas
- Talking very quickly
- Experiencing racing thoughts and easily distracted with a struggle to focus on one topic
- Hearing voices
- Making unusual or big decisions without much thought
- Doing things you normally wouldn’t, which can cause you problems (i.e. spending lots of money, gambling, taking risky financial or business decisions, drugs or alcohol misuse)