Caffeine normally doesn't have much of an effect on me. I'm just addicted to the act of getting coffee. In my office, the coffee machine is clear across the building. Often I get up just to walk around....and get a cup of coffee while I'm at it.

I have a slight mom-crush on the guys at the local coffee shop. The day I'm speaking of, I went there on my lunch break - more to talk to the guys than to actually get coffee.

I can often go to the coffee shop at 7:00 or 8:00 PM and still sleep like a baby after a quadruple-shot espresso drink.

So I don't know. Maybe I really was manic. But I was enjoying it! I'm a little upset. I finally got a "happy" mania (mine normally aren't so happy) and they don't let me stay that way.

And it wasn't my standard mania like in the past. In the past, my symptoms were the impulsive stuff - reckless spending, binging on food, sexual indiscretions (over 3 years ago, but still), ignoring duties at work/jeapordizing my job, and lack of sleep.

The only thing that really was the same this time was the lack of sleep. This time I actually felt happy, I had tons of energy, I was getting up at 5:00 AM and exercising for an hour, I was cleaning the whole house, I was always on time to work....I fail to see how this is all such a bad thing. I guess the fact that I had a night of ZERO sleep is a problem. But maybe it's just insomnia from the Wellbutrin - and a little (ok a LOT!) too much caffeine.

I talked to her about it and she's going to try switching me to a different antipsychotic (Saphris) which she says doesn't have the morning hangover effect like the one I'm on. We'll see.