You can say THAT again. Recently, I just about had myself convinced that I've merely been in an existential crisis for the last two years from all the stress in my life, and now that much of the stress was gone, I was normal (read: not bipolar). I should've known that was the beginning of another manic phase!

This one was a scary one too.......I don't normally hallucinate without benefit of a high fever or a bit of LSD (tried it only once, in my late teens). But there I was, hearing music where there wasn't any and beating the hell out of spiders only I could see. And I thought the neighbors were spying on us through our dining room window, so I wouldn't leave the curtains open like I usually do. That's about as effed up as I've ever been during a manic episode....sure hope that never happens again.