does anyone else with bp have this problem

[Alex_X_18]

I get distracted easily or sometimes even confused or disorented and I loose things or forget stuff....
Is this a symtom of bipolar??? It happens to me more frequently than your avrage person but sometimes when I'm manic or really busy it starts happening a lot

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I also thought I'd mention it can get so bad that you have several mood swings per day.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

Bipolar disorder can get so bad and confusing that you don't know whether you actually did something or just thought about it.  I still have a habit of checking things I did two or three times to see if I really did it or not.

[irishwriter]

i too have the 'forgetting words for things', impulse buying, i try to limit myself to one item when i go to town but it doesn't always work and i end up with things i def don't need. this only started (apart from the impulse buying!) when i went on different regime of meds so i blame it on them. my ability to read has also been effected, i used to read 6/7 books/week and now it could take a week or two to read one book, very frustrating! maybe talk to your pdoc about it and he/she might be able to help.

[Linda1962]

i have the same problem.  I sometimes get so distracted I forget to go to the bathroom!  Seriously!  :)  The distraction and the racing thoughts really get me down.  I have had 2 incidents of manic in the last 5 months.  All of that really drives me beyond crazy.

[lagatta]

The reason why women are more disoriented is because they have more going on on their minds.  While you're giving a woman directions to the washroom she's probably thinking about 10 other things while listening.   Most women work-full, do most of the domestic chores and child-rearing, are more involved in the finances, goal setting etc.  Men generally have less going on and don't multi-task the way women do.  

[adel_ezz]

what you describe is typical bipolarity. I am afraid you can symptomatize BP by the fact of distractability, confusion, forgetfulness, etc... But no harm done so long as you know instead of panicking.

What i do in this situation is that i say Ah! it's my BP now because at some other times you find yourself Ok

don't worry and don't refer everything to BP otherwise if you lose money you will say it's my BP if you don't pray regularly you will say it's my BP and so on... the important thing don't panick. I know people not BP and yet forget things very easily, are often distractable as well, etc... so bipolarity is not the end of the world there are much worse things. If you remember this you will get cured. Usually when i see someone in a worse situation than myself I say to myself: thanks GOD that you created me in a much better situation than this fellow. This will make you good
and hope you the best of luck
N.B: I forget to tell you that females are more disoriented than males this is true. For instance if someone tells a female while we sit in a room where is the coffee shop say usually a woman and this I found so many times, she will point to a wrong direction. Also they drive worse than men for instance (i am not against women pls, i am only stating a fact i witnessed often).
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