I LOVE being hypo manic--sleeping only 3 hrs. a night & feeling great. I become extroverted (I'm usually really shy & a loner) & join all sorts of groups & organizations & take leadership roles. I can be highly organized & focussed.

But I also feel if people don't do things my way or fast enought, I get irritated. I wrote a note to my co-worker complaining about how her mistakes were affecting my work cuz I had to correct them. She wrote me a note back that when I was perfect I could then criticize others. I told my husband what I wrote & he said I should apologize, which I did.

I do become very chatty & contact long-lost friends who I haven't spoken to in years. I agree with the above poster that when hypo manic there should be a pill to stop you from embarrassing yourself by making telephone calls, writing letters or e-mails, sending smoke signals to people who don't even remember you or are perplexed why you got in touch with them.

I do spend lots of money like on an $800.00 vacuum cleaner, gold-plated tweezers for myself & my daughter--only the best for my eyebrows! I shop on-line for stationery from France. Shopping is a big problem for me when hypo.

I honked at a slow-moving funeral procession that was in front of me!

Sexual interest & response intensifies. My self-esteem is very hgih.

Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that you should't allow yourself to stay in that mode. I was that way for about 5 mos. & didn't tell my doc--would you? Then I had a horrible crash into depression that has lasted 5 mos. now even with a change in meds.--Suzy