Bi Polar Power

[New Jack]

I have friends who work/worked in Prisons and one even in a Criminal Psychiatric ward. They all say that there are strong dudes wo are locked up but none compare to the guys who are Bi Polar manic depressive. They said there strength and pain tolarence is unreal. They said it takes sometimes 5-6 guys to even restrain these guys.

My question is, why do Bi Polar affected people have this strength? What is the chemical explanation? Do they have higher testosterone? What is it about them that makes them so strong? Any thoughts?

 

[Godfather123]

peolpe that al bi polar when upset have increased adreniline it has nothing to do with test

 

[Gorlim]

its like when someone goes CRAZY On pcp i've seen videos where like 5 cops were on top of the guy and the literally knocked them all off him and stood up and ran at the speed of an olympic sprinter it was crazy. Adrenaline has allowed people to lift burning cars to save they're babies ect.. its our most powerful hormone.

 

[JD Slim]

I believe that it has something to do with a chemical imbalance that the have , it is true that some people that have
some sort of mental malfunction are increadibly strong , almost to the point of non-human.

I know a kid that is 14yrs old and 150lbs soaking wet and he has Down Syndrome , this kid is stronger that most anybody I know when he is relaxed , when he is excited or upset it is unreal
if he could bench when he had a fit I would honestly say that he could hit 500+lbs , he has broke bones from just straining on something.

But I'm sure that it has to do with chemicale in the brain , that is what causes people on some drugs to be so much stronger.

 

[gethard1]

I am Bi-Polar

but mainly to the hyper side of the illness. As far as pain goes my tolerance is extremely high, strength I have always been stronger than normal.

 

[New Jack]

So adreniline is why Bi Polar people are so strong and have high pain tolarence?

 

[Gorlim]

bi polar they go from being depressed to extremely maniac.. thats the nature of they're illnes.. they can literally become maniacs that would be when the strength comes ins i guess.

 

[Nathan]

I am also bi polar. I do have a very high pain tolerance and have actually always been rather strong. Didn't know it was the bi=polar disorder though. I just kinda figured that when everyone gets really mad they can go berserk and not feel any pain as well. It's a sweet deal. I used to scare the shit out of my brother when we were little when he'd piss me off.
Being bi-polar is shitty in most other aspects though I assure you. Even in university, I can't help myself and often find myself smarting off and nearly getting my ass kicked out of class

 

[tbro]

when their serotonin uptake is limited they bottom out......then out of the blue it uptakes quickly and that creates an animalistic environment for as long as the uptake is above the normal capacity...who's to say how long that is, but I have been in the gym on the down side of bi polar and not lifted shit even though I feel good.....and the opposite effect takes place where I feel bad but I know that the serotonin is ok because I am giddy... I lift at Golds in Louisville and trust me when I say that I am 20% stronger than the other days.....throwing up decent weight and reps for the over 30 crowd......certain medications can hinder this however.....anything from the valium family will greatly affect you in the negative.....not sure with the standards like prozac or anything......the only thing i can add is to take advantage of the good days and make it thru the mediocre or bad ones

tbro out

 

[New Jack]

Sorry

I'm sorry to hear that some of you suffer from this illness. I mean that.

Without being too personal, have any of you who have Bi Polar ever had a really violent altercation? Are bi polar people quick tempered or do they keep it all bottled in till they explode? I'm very interested.

Without joking on this matter, the only good that could come from this illness is if you're ever in a fight for your life, the adreniline and power must be unreal. You could probably survive anything.

 

[Gorlim]

i honestly think that i may be bi polar.. sometimes i feel like im on touch able and god randomly my spirits will be lifted so high i feel like i wanna fight ANYONE i curse at people in the street i go crazy start screaming jumping on cars.. other times im extremely quiet and i feel depressed and withdrawn.. this all h appens very randomly or when i get really excited its like a surge of energy.. the only way i can describe is i feel like god to an extenet i mean i wanna RUN INTO WALLS bust heads anything its a crazy feeling and i started noticing this a year ago... I got into a fight with a kid that actually started something and my spirits were so high i beat the kid up and no one thought i could he punched me right in the head first hit and i sprang at him grabbed him by the back of the head and pucnhed him in the face about 10 times breaking his glasses and hurting his face pretty bad.. afterwards my knuckles were swollen i felt absolutely no pain until like an hour later and when i woke up the side of my head was really sore. Maybe i should see a psychatrist or something.. it hasnt gotten out of hand yet though.

 

[jstrong20]

I think this is just a myth. Of course it takes alot of guys to restrain someone because they are usualy tyring to do it with out hurting the person. Not to mention a crazy person doesn't have fear as alot of people are going to have in a 5 on 1 situation.

 

[Nathan]

Re: Sorry

I'm sorry to hear that some of you suffer from this illness. I mean that.

Without being too personal, have any of you who have Bi Polar ever had a really violent altercation? Are bi polar people quick tempered or do they keep it all bottled in till they explode? I'm very interested.

Without joking on this matter, the only good that could come from this illness is if you're ever in a fight for your life, the adreniline and power must be unreal. You could probably survive anything.

Well, I can tell you how I react. I'm usually not that quick tempered...well, it kinda depends on my mood I guess. Yes, I've had extremely violent incidents. I used to cut myself up pretty badly. I have lots of scars on my arms to show for it - fucking dumb thing to do but hurting myself was the only way to sap some of the frustration and energy so that I didn't hurt someone else. I've lost it with my mom before and gone after her but fortunately I never hurt her - she's bi-polar as well and we often clash. I'm also obsessive-compulsive and I gather that the two disorders often go hand in hand and compliment each other. For instance, frustrating obsessions I can't break often bring my moods crashing down. Uh, I guess it can be especially difficult growing up. When I was little I always did odd things. I used to run around in circles in the backyard for literally hours cause I had so much energy - my parents tell me it used to seriously scare them. Also, it's tough socially when other people don't really understand why you can be joking and having fun at one moment and just want to be left alone like an hour later.

 

[DoctorT]

It's not a myth, a manic individual is capable of incredible feats of strength. When they are manic , they are no longer bound by the limitations of sanity. They don't know that they shouldn''t be able to throw people around twice their size, or lift five times their body weight.

These kind of abilities are within all of us, but a person needs to truly believe he has the ability in order to release it. The mentally ill, especially the manic, tend to believe they are omni-potent.

 

[New Jack]

No offense, but that sounds a little hokey to me doc.

 

[New Jack]

Also, what does omni-potent mean?

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

A bi-polar person will lack alot of the built in inhibitive mechanisms most people have. the self-protective "kill switch" that tells the muscles to shut down gets bypassed, enabling the strength feats...this can often result in injury though.


A few years ago I was put on very high doses of SRIs and ADHD meds by a misguided psychiatrist...the result of this combo when neither is really needed can be strong manic-depressive symptoms...which I got. It was really weird, I didn't eat or sleep and lost alot of weight and muscle... but if I got my mind in a certain mode I could walk into the gym and lift whatever I felt like....I actually screwed up my elbow and tore a bicep and hamstring during that period because I was handling weights so far over my realistic capacity. I had to have the guys I lifted with tell me when to stop a set, since I'd just keep on going and blow out blood vessles in my eyes, face and upper body. Trust me, those inhibitive mechanisms are there for a reason...without them you will simply break yourself.

 

[Fukkenshredded]

I am schizophrenic. I have been dianosed with bipolar disorder in the past, and at present the consensus is that those diagnoses were simply an offshoot of the schizophrenia. Yes, there is a high pain tolerance, as well as a tendency toward physical strength in relation to physical size. So what? The difference is not all that significant, and certainly does not offset the negative traits of the illnesses. Your perception of your physical strength has more to do with it than anything else.

 

[Nathan]

Also, what does omni-potent mean?

Someone who is omni-potent is all knowing and all powerful = a god. Actually, I've found it's more of things like being convinced you could take on a bear or lion with your bare hands. It's a good thing you don't come across bears and lions very often cause I've often been in that state of mind and you really don't know any better.

 

[New Jack]

Are any famous athletes bi polar? I know Ike Ibeabuchi is (for those who don't know he is a pro heavyweight contender who beat David Tua but unfortunatly Ike is now in a psych ward for attempted rape) and I know Mike Tyson is manic-depressive. Are any other athletes bi polar?

This might sound stupid, and I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but can being bi polar be good for someone who is a boxer or NHB fighter because of the pain tolarence and strength? Any boxers on this board who are bi polar? How does it affect your performence?

 

[gethard1]

I was on

lithium until it made me so friggin weak. I have been on cycle for 8 weeks and haven't felt up or down at all, just extremely calm and purposeful.
I talked gear over with my doctor and he said go for it, it can't be any worse than the lithium and the numerous other drugs youv'e been on. He also stated that in his opinion that in the next 10 years medicine with probably nail down 90% of all mental illness to hormonal disorders.
I like being bi-polar, now that I understand it and how to identify the warning sign of mania and depressive spikes, actually I finally feel complete.