I was always manic in a lot of ways especially through high school. Promiscuous, drinking partying, but I thought that's what all teenagers did. I never noticed how manic I was until I was put on Lexapro and it didn't react well with me. It sent me on a whirlwind adventure that I still can't believe happened to me.

After being hospitalized several times in my 20s I threw out all the pills and started out fresh. The manic symptoms came back though. Boy did they ever! I was hospitalized for the final time in 2006. (I had slept through 2005 going through a severe depression).

Once out I met my therapist and have been working with him ever since. They always watch me to see if my symptoms come back. But I can usually tell when I become very manic, spending a lot of money, going out with a lot of guys, and partying way too much. Those days are far behind me though.