You feel so good, so powerful, that you do and say things you will regret later. When this euphoric feeling passes, you are embarrassed by your previous behavior. You have incurred impossible debts. You ve had a brush with the law. You may have lost your job.
Relationships are strained or broken.
Now imagine feeling hopeless, helpless and so fatigued you can t drag yourself out of bed. Nothing gives you pleasure. You aren t interested in anything. You re not eating or sleeping or, conversely, you may do nothing but sleep and eat. In fact, the term manic depression also has been used to describe this disorder.