I haven't had a pure manic episode since last October. I miss it something awful and am often tempted to mess with my meds to induce hypomania. I don't do it though because I know how hard it was to get to this place of relative stability---it took two solid years and some 25 med changes/adjustments. And if I were to sabotage myself by sneaking caffeine pills or other stimulants, I'd have people lined up to the California border waiting to gang-slap me.

Please don't do this to yourself. It's really not worth it. Besides, if you screw yourself up and then go back on the same meds, chances are they won't work as well, and if you're really unlucky they won't work at all. Stick with your prescribed meds and quit fooling with the stimulants, okay?