Being manic to me is total euphoria, pressured speech, cannot stop talking, buying sprees and looking outside at everything and thinking "WOW", everything is so beautiful and what a damn good creation we live in, driving too fast which has caused me to have about 3 accidents a year.

I got my license taken away from me for about a year and it was the most miserable experience in my life.

Then, sometimes my mania goes into psychosis and that's when I end up in the ER and don't remember a ****ing thing that I do when in this state.

I hardly ever get the dysphoric agitated manias, except when I am on certain antidepressants like Remeron or Wellbutrin, so I steer clear of all antidepressants for that very reason.