Hi, I’m Masa, a guitarist.
And I am Japanese and this article is translated at DeepL.
Link to Japanese version at the bottom of the article.
Lately, I’ve been acting strange.
I’m kind of high-spirited or manic.
Right now, I’m writing this article as if my head is overflowing with words and I can’t stop.
Here are some of my recent symptoms.
・Tension is so high.
・I get a flood of ideas.
・I can’t stop talking (even when I’m alone).
・I wake up after 3-4 hours even if I go to bed.
・He is very short-tempered and aggressive (to the point of going deaf in one ear when reminded of his anger).
When I searched for these symptoms, I got a lot of hits for “bipolar disorder” (commonly known as manic-depression).
So, I took a manic self-check at the Ginza Clinic.
The result was…
I scored 3 points. (A score of 3 or more indicates a suspicion of bipolar disorder.)
I got scared and checked carefully one more time, and this time I got a score of 4. My score went up.
But I’m aware of my abnormality, and other than anger, I have no depressive medical conditions. (PS: Apparently, anger is also a symptom of mania.)
In other words, it’s like I only have the manic side of manic-depressive disorder as a symptom. So I don’t think it’s bipolar.
So, we’ll see how it goes for a while.
I will continue to translate articles from this blog at DeepL, so stay tuned. Thank you very much.
↓Click here for the Japanese version