full of moxie and viscosity

This is not meant to sound dramatical (thanks Vicki!) or whiny, even though I know so many of my blogs these days are pretty darn whiny, but I think I might have a slight case of manic-depression, if you can noun-ize it in that way. I did a little bit of research and though I know I'm not a serious case, I definitely have many of the symptoms. Want to see which ones? I thought you might....

depression:

feeling sad, low, blue, hopeless, helpless, useless, guilty, ashamed, remorseful

preoccupation with failures, loss of self-esteem, obsession with certain thoughts that one cannot seem to turn off

sleep problems

agitation or restlessness

withdrawal from social contacts

crying easily or not at all even though one might like to


And the MANIA!!!

elevated mood, feeling high, elated, euphoric, ecstatic

irritability, excessive anger over trivial things, overreacting to stimuli

labile, rapid emotional changes: feeling happy one minute and then angry the next for no apparent reason

distractibility

a heightening of all the senses, especially in the perception of colours and light

talking more than usual, sometimes loudly and quickly

...may pick up partners indiscriminately



I dunno. Seems like an awful lot of symptoms to be having. I've never been one to self-diagnose, but I've never been one to be a hypochondriac, either. At least I have the manic part, right? If nothing else, I can at least be ecstatic for part of my day. Okay, off to play with kindergarteners. More later.