mania

I was misdiagnosed bipolar 2 at the start and the word mania has haunted me ever since.

I have adhd and asd; I’m intense and always have been. My modus operandi is to fly around the world racing ironman and building companies. This is my norm.

My ‘abnormal behaviour’ is the depression of the last year. Even my burnout cycle is not ‘abnormal’ from a historical standpoint.

Anyway ‘mania’ is a poorly defined catch-all which does more harm than good in my daily life. My normal asd/adhd-infused speech style will be mistaken for pressured speech by many. My ‘recovered’ might well be your ‘manic’. I’ve spent my entire life being asked advice on motivation.

Let’s say mania is a defined brain state in our cartography model; the cause and the level of control exerted is what is important. A few examples of mania might include:

At the start and finish line of a race When proposing During an interview When high on drugs During a manic episode in bipolar disorder When having a baby During sex During a fight Skydiving Religious chanting

You get my point. A lot of the great things I’ve achieved through my life were done in ‘amped up’ brain states, as are a lot of the great things anyone has achieved.

The important thing now is that people remember

1 - I am probably not bipolar 2 and am taking mood stabilisers anyway

2 - I’ve done my fair share of drugs the ‘mania’ with aripiprazole was just drugs, trust me

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