[quote=lolie.rosa;3726108]This post helped me identify periods of mania in my life since I have been recently diagnosed after a major psychotic episode . . . Now I can't come up with a single idea and I feel much less smart.

Hi! I think what the others mean by the "crash" afterwards is the commonplace depression that usually follows a manic episode, but frankly, I've never experienced that. My depressions just happen when they happen, but I refer to the "crash" after a manic episode as all the damage and wreckage I've left behind as a result of my insane actions, words, and thoughts. I once spent about seven thousand dollars during a manic episode on a road trip hunting down old friends from high school living in California and Montana. The "crash" (after I came back to my senses) was the foolish debt I'd accumulated and explaining to my boss why I just took off without a word. Some who have BP1 & BP2 have the luxury of keeping it a secret - I'm not so lucky. AND NO I DON'T MISS MANIA! It's too expensive.