Can Anxiety Cause Mania?

[DannyWagg11]

Hey everyone, thank you for checking out my post.

I have been having some really extreme ups and downs from what I thought was my depression, and although it has not been as bad as from what I've heard it can become from bipolar disorder I was just wondering can mania and it's over the top highs be also a symptom of extremely severe anxiety/OCD?

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Well to answer that I would have one word, *yes*. I too suffer extreme anxiety from multiple trauma's and BOY do I get manic.

Welcome to the family and a UK_;Hug: if you accept it.

Laurie

 

[Friday]

No idea about OCD...
And my extremely severe anxiety is just this side of catatonic...
But my middling anxiety is pretty comparable to a bipolar mania or mixed episode, depending on how rational I am at the time.
Also not bipolar, although I've got enough of those peeps in my life to gauge similarity in symptoms. It's still quite a different thing, but we can hang. Sort of like how an ADHD & Aspie meltdown tend to be pretty similar. Different causation, similar expression.

 

[jaccat]

I used to have manic episodes with my depression. I worked out once that if I was depressed for 3 months I'd be 'up' for roughly a week before heading back down again. In those up periods I would often swing to the other extreme.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

I used to have manic episodes, frequently in summer but also in other seasons. They seem to be receding a bit now, though.
I used to love it when I was manic, because everything felt so good. But it was also hugely blown out of proportion. Now when I get manic I don't like it a lot, I don't want to go around blowing things out of proportion, because that balloon will pop in the end and come around.

Realizing this has helped me a lot in being a little bit less manic and a little bit less depressive.

 

[Rebel Girl]

My panic attacks tend to trigger my flight reflex, which makes me feel pretty manic. Have to resist the impulse to open the car door going down the freeway.