I just had to tell some of my shopping while manic or hypo manic--an $800.00 vacuum cleaner; gold-plated tweezers for my daughter & myself; $1,000.00 getting Botox, collagen injections in my lips, microdermabrasion; stacks of books , & about everything I read about on-line. The N.Y. Times had an article about some fancy paper from Europe--I had to have it. Oprah's favorite things are necessities for me! Sometimes I can't keep track of all the stuff I've ordered.

Also, I do contact people out-of-the-blue which is very embarrassing later. I haven't spoken to this person in 15 years & I'll call to chat...sometimes they don't even remember who I am. I now carry a card in my wallet that says: when manic, do not phone, send e-mails, write letters, or send smoke signals.--Suzy