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In that thread you explained that you have been stable for over a month, no change on or off meds, now you saying you were hypo for over a month...

Is this the same time period we are discussing?

If you have reflected and ascertained that you definitely were hypo then sure, spending most of your money could be tied to that, whether its been a problem in the past or not.

Like Anika said, alot of us can control ourselves to a certain degree. I know I said you wouldn't have cared if you spent it all if you were hypo, but thats coming from the POV that you have no huge financial responsibilities / obligations.

Me? I do, a daughter is one of them but I still go cray cray with the monay. I make sure to give her portion to my brother for safe keeping, and then I go tigger/tazmanian devil in the mall (and I hate shopping go figure) because I honestly don't care if I have smokes the next day.

Remember, a disorder is (loosely) based on the gravity with which your symptoms affect your life.
If spending over your budget is out of character, that's understandable. Question is, did it cause any damage and to what extent?

If it didn't wreak any actual di-sorder in your life, then I'd be weary to call it a symptom.

That just gets you back to square one when you were driving yourself nuts adding name tags to every mood you had, all the while discounting the fact that mood is a natural human condition.

In essence what this longwinded post (I'm chatty and haven't slept since Saturday maybe? idk) was supposed to relay is this; If your actions didn't cause personal, or internal problems in its aftermath, then don't sweat the small stuff.