I have been paying attention to my episodes a lot recently, where I am what I am doing, who I am with when I change or the level of the episode. It has occurred to me that a pattern has developed. I feel I am able to control when I go into a mania. I don't know if its true but it sure seems like it. When i talk to someone about my manic depression, explain it or something. That seems to get me high and set me off. Certain people i am around seem to set me off into mania. Not psycho mania but just high. I dunno. Just a thought.