i used to love being manic... that's where my screen name came from... the unquiet mind - a section about dancing on the rings of saturn... it can be quite addictive.. but so dangerous.. now that i'm older & have lived a bit more, manic periods scare the hell out of me... mainly because i can look back on my past and see the damage that uncontrolled manic times has done ... so yeah, i react strongly when i feel the upswing coming.. do whatever i can to try to stabilize myself when i feel it setting in...

i don't know what you mean by fighting it?? and your levels... were you speaking of adjusting your meds to fight it??