I don't label myself with terms like manic or hypomanic. "Hypomania" is just happiness but, they call it that because we get so intensely depressed. So, screw them calling periods of being "too happy" illness. I totally disagree with that. I see cycling as problematic but, some impulsive spending, moving around the world, thinking strange thoughts, very enjyable sex and dabbling with drug use? That's living life. Even when I can't concentrate, finish a thought or get so bad I hear my thoughts as if they came from God himself, it hasn't been anything seen by anyone as as detrimental to my "well being". The cycle? Sure.

I can understand some people wind up in jail or hospitals but, my "hypomania" has never had any consequence like that. Heck, I don't even end up depressed all the time either

But do I know when "it" is happening? Maybe sometimes but, I choose not to worry about it.