Hey everyone,

Some of you may know I'm currently staying in a hospital for treatment. So you may be wondering why I'm going here for advice instead of just asking the doctors. First reason is...my doc is out until Monday. Second is...I always like to get feedback from people who know and have been through what I'm going through.

I just want to know if anyone here can relate to this...I'm wondering if this is the beginning of mania, or if I'm overreacting:

It started a few hours ago, when it felt like I was almost floating. It felt like there were little rockets underneath my shoes, and I was almost levitating. My insides felt the same way. I developed feelings of fear, amazement, and annoyance all at once. I was overwhelmed, felt like I'd EXPLODE. I felt the need to keep walking around, movement...and usually I'm very sedentary.

Then I noticed I'd be distracted easily by outside things, which isn't common for me. I started feeling a bit paranoid, wondering about other people's intentions...started getting that black and white thinking...good and evil. And the worst was when I got a thought that I was BETTER than everyone. I usually have a very low self-esteem.

This has only happened for the last 3 hours, and I took some seroquel not too long ago to calm myself. It has worked a little. I still feel edgy though. It's just so weird, because I came in here for a depressive episode.

I've only had one manic episode, and it was bad. The paranoia, delusions, hallucinations. I'm just wondering if I should be concerned. At this point, I can self-talk when I get the feelings of paranoia, and debate about how I'm not being realistic. But that's how it started before. Do you think this could be the onset of mania, or just a bad day?