I’m bipolar, which is fun. I’m medicated now, but I think the medication is keeping me chronically hypomanic rather than stable. I’m too scared to change it though, since it’s more stable than diving into depression.

It’s bipolar II, which has hypomanic episodes, a lesser form of mania. Where mania can get psychotic and hold heavy delusions, hypomania is just over-confidence. I’ve never felt the tether to reality ever “go”. I dream big, and I always bite more than I chew, but the element of it not being a dream is still there.

Regardless, bipolar II is still potent because it has deeper and longer depressions, essentially making someone lethargic in between bouts of unmanageable energy.