Exercise & Bipolar Energy

[CRSeaside]

Have you had an experience with having unlimited energy to exert yourself ?
I was thinking about a 5 hour swim I made some years back and wondering if I was able to do it because of extra psychic energy ?

[CRSeaside]

Hi Jakalope.  My medications in the past do not provide any energy.
The bursts of energy come from my brain activity.  It's part of the bipolar cycles but not always mania.
  For me, the depressive side has been harder to control too. I relate low energy, no motivation & inability to get things done to that depression.
  Therapy helps. Talking myself out of panic attacks. Not letting the loop play in my head, that leads to anxiety.  
   I suffer slight ADD too. When I was given Adderal in the past, it also tired me out, rather than speeded me up.   Pamela

[Kait02]

Actually before I was diagnosed (and didn't know what manic moods were; I just thought I felt great!) I would work out at the gym for hours! I got very fit and lost a lot of weight doing that, but I'm not sure how healthy it was...

[Jakalope]

Hi! May I ask which med do u think is giving u extra energy? I have no energy, ever! I'm also BP  w/ ADD I take Focalin ER 20 mg in the am & Focalin ER 10mg at 2pm!  My Dr said i can lower does if needed cuz it's ( like) speed. HA HA I can fall back to sleep immediately if I sit down after I take it!  So I'm just curious. Thanks

[weaver71]

I absolutely think I have done things physically that I could never achieve without extra energy. Exercise, sex, shopping, researching, yes, I think my condition helps me stay up all night and push myself to extremes.

[Midijane]

Ha, I just clean like crazy with my extra energy. Do you mean "physical" energy or "psychic" energy?