Can Someone Who Is Bipolar Only Have Manic Episodes And Never Really Be Depressive?

I am very manic - but over the years the mania has developed into aggressive, angry behavior towards myself. Which leads to suicidal thoughts daily yet I would not call me depressed - the manic behaviors hurt and physically the manic robs my body. When the Mania is at a time high - I used to love it and was charming funny etc...now I am at times purely unable to live life. I would urge the manic person to start eating very healthy, surround themselves with one person they trust with everything and begin to develop a safety plan for suicide attempts, spending sprees, sexual acting out, whatever manic behavior they may have. My experience is it took a long time to accept the disorder and it took longer for a dr to diagnose it because I did not want to take medicine. Several Psych wards later and one decent suicide attempt (others were small failures) I am still battling.

My daughter has this condition, and she seldom, if ever gets depressed. So, clinically, I wonder if there should be another name for it. I bet your husband also suffers with a little ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, as my husband is very much like this. Sure hope this helps you out.

Yes. My son-in-law is bipolar and does not have bad boughs of depression though he does have some cases of it, it's not near as bad as my wife's clinical depression symptoms.