Wow, this is a real eye-opener for me. I can clearly identify many, many, many times where I've experienced pretty much all of these things you all have listed... the extreme happiness, energy, lack of chronic pain, hypersexuality, overspending, way too generous, forgetting to eat, feeling like everyone around me is a total moron and I am superior in every way, full of confidence, social anxiety is gone, drinking too much, I'm the center of attention, *knowing* I am the life of the party, not being able to shut up, interrupting people talking, wanting to stay out all night. I don't know if I'm really helping you out, OP, but this thread is definitely making me feel way less alone with this recent Bipolar I dx. So thank you, all... wow. Intense.