I'm feeling like I'm headed there, fast. I only had a manic episode once and it sucked. I can't believe the things I did. Anyway, the doctor put me on a mood stabilizer too apart from the anti-depressant. That was 3 years back... and after this Christmas I had the bright idea to cut off my meds. My arguement was that I still have mood swings, so what's the point. I thought I could fight the depression with healthy eating and exercise. It didn't occur to me that being on meds I do have my mood swings but if I were off meds the swings could be really worse. Finally, about a week ago, I went to see my doctor (I hadn't seen him since Christmas) and he put me back on the meds.
So, this week was quite stressfull. I'm a preschool student and I had to go teach today and on Monday I have to do a presentation on a seminar. I hadn't done much about the seminar and I was counting on the weekend to work on it... But I'm feeling the symptoms. It's still early, I'm in the "good" part, or at least I was today when I was in the classroom, I thought I did great, I had an unusual confidence even though I prepared last minute... I'm feeling more talkative, eager to speak in public and say things that I wouldn't usually say... From the outside, it may seem that I'm a bit more social, but it scares me. I can't concentrate on studying, I feel my eyes tired, closing and at the same time I can't sleep...

So what I'm asking (if you made it through the post) is if there is a way to prevent this from happening, or at least delay it. I really need to do this presentation and I need to focus but I can't. I'm so distracted I have to check on things again and again (e.g. if i took my mobile phone as I was leaving the house, if I locked the door...)