![]() I avoid relationships because of this state, where I become super switched on and make impulsive decisions (or alternatively, I focus elsewhere and fully ignore my SO, usually destroying the relationship swiftly and mercilessly.) and while I smoked pot initially for relaxation and sleep over the years I have kept smoking less for those reasons and more because I find it limits/Tamps down on my impulses. ![]() I think I can chalk this up to impulsiveness and not being delusional, AKA not hypomania, although when I am in this state I have much higher energy and it's the closest I ever get to the ''being driven like a motor'' I felt so good and happy and motivated from the relationship, I had a half lead on a new job and just quit the current one day after a short conversation with my girlfriend. unipolar mania) then can explain why ADHD with hyperfocus, unlike bipolar mania, normally doesn't cycle. I am usually pretty persuasive and such but I also feel like I am more so when I'm buzzy like this.Īnother example is a job I left after starting a new relationship. The difference in dopamine systems in manic bipolar ADHD with hyperfocus (a.k.a. When I am not in that mode though I am usually ''coasting'' in life, living the what I think is typical ADHD life of it always being ''right now'' meaning bad diet (yum junk food!) And shortsighted spending (who needs a budget?! I'm bored!) These up states have ranged in activities from doing up some basic business plans for an Internet Cafe type business, even so far as running it by an investor small business type person that I knew at the time. I know this, that when I get switched on to an idea (hyper focus?) I run with it, research, plans, long term goals. Contrarily, patients with bipolar disorder and ADHD can also experience hyperfocus, in which the person focuses on a single task or thought process. ![]() While ADHD is chronic or ongoing, bipolar. ADHD affects attention and behavior it causes symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. I have a number of concerns about the appointment and my diagnosis going into it, not the least of which Is previously I was diagnosed as Bipolar II, I feel now that I was over fitting the disorder onto myself however. Bipolar disorder is primarily a mood disorder. So I'm waiting (impatiently) on a psychiatrist appointment next week.
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