when engulfed in the mania I am not sure I am able to tell if a hallucination is real, but I have more problem with delusions than hallucinations during mania. Once I am able to calm down and have someone rational explain things to me more than likely I will believe them. However, I have kept a delusion from this past go around - I don't discuss it like I had been, but it is still here with me. I believe it even though I have been told it is a delusion.

These are some of the delusions I had last go around...

I was in my car with my daughter when she had to go in to drop something off for my ex boss - I hated these people and was extremely paranoid being there. I was on medical leave from their office. When she went in to the building I was riddled with fear inside the car and called my husband screaming that they were going to kill her. I started to hyper ventilate and this is how she found me when she came back to the car. Trying to breath. I was totally turned around and couldn't figure out how to get us home for about 10 minutes. My husband stayed on the phone talking to me calming me down and getting me to drive home. I thought they were all demons.