I'm glad to see this thread going to good use.

I think I've fallen into hypomania over the last week. My energy level has been WAY high which is odd for me; I haven't felt this level of hypomania in several years. This is the side of bipolar that I rarely see (which is why I sometimes have questioned my diagnosis), but this is feeling very familiar. It used to happen more often, but I've mostly been medicated for bipolar over the last 8 years. I'm not on meds at this moment and suspect if I called my pdoc right now, he'd tell me its time to restart the lithium. I'll see how the next few days go. It's a heck of a lot more pleasant that the depressive end of bipolar, but historically my hypomania will end in an eventual crash.

Yesterday I cleaned out the pantry top to bottom (the pantry is really a small room--it's HUGE actually as far as pantries go-- the former owners were Morman and stored food for emergencies). I literally took everything out of it, wiped down all the shelves, swept and mopped the floor, went through everything and weeded out old items and other crud that had collected in there, and put it all back again. Then, I loaded up the van with all the old hazardous wastes (paints, chemicals, etc.) that the old owners hadn't taken with them and hauled it all to the city's collection center. I called the city about coming to pick up some large items from the garage that we don't have a vehicle to take to the landfill. I did the usually laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning. Extra cleaning like taking everything out of the computer stand, dusting it all out, going through old software to get rid of the old stuff we never use, etc., and putting it all back together again. Yeah, I'm hypomanic. The above is not an all-inclusive list. This goes beyond normal spring cleaning. And this is only what I've actually done; it doesn't include all the projects spinning through my head.

I'll see if I can slow myself down. If not, might be time to make that phone call to the pdoc. I actually haven't seen him in a few months since my mood had stabilized, so it's probably time.