Are you having a difficult time sticking to your routine or keeping appointments? Not keeping commitments or sticking to a schedule: it’s important to stick to a schedule when you have bipolar disorder. Inability or unwillingness to sleep: have your sleeping habits changed recently? Even if you feel like you have lots of energy, any changes in the amount you’re sleeping could be an indicator of a manic or depressive episode.ĭisorganized or easily distracted: have you started a project but haven’t been able to follow through? Are you bouncing from task to task and can’t focus? Are you taking on more than you can chew? Can’t stop moving? It could be the onset of mania.
Are you able to sit still? Do you need to keep moving your fingers or tapping your feet? Test yourself by taking a moment to sit still in a quiet room. Restlessness or fidgety behavior: stop and notice what your body is doing. Irritability and frustration: if you find yourself more easily frustrated or irritated by others, especially over matters or incidents that normally wouldn’t bother you, this could be a sign that mania is setting in. Are they having a difficult time understanding you? Are they asking you to slow your speech? It may be easier to test yourself by picking up on others’ cues. One way to test this is to ask yourself if everyone else around you seems like they’re speaking slowly. Talking rapidly, unable to be understood easily: it’s often difficult to be able to tell if you are speaking quickly.
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