There are some really good suggestions here, and I know everytime I read a thread I learn or remember new things. Its the great thing about being a part of a forum. Every now and then someone says something that helps you, or that really hits home with you and makes you feel just that little bit like its ok not to be "normal".

The best advice I would give in line with what someone else said is that Bipolar cycles. That means you are going to have the highs as well as the lows. The trick for me is to control the highs so that you don't have to go into damage control (spending money, risky behavior, bad impulsive decisions etc) but prepare for the lows. They are going to happen. The best way to control the lows besides medicaiton is to not place too much load or stress on yourself. Try to lead a low stress life, one that doesn't burn you out, but will allow you to ride out the low and still survive.

This is a lesson I am learning at the moment. About 18months ago while on a high I got into debt, and that debt put pressure on me to work in order to pay it off. That stress and a lack of work lead to a low where I got to a point where I cannot work at all and I am now in the process of selling off assets to try and cover that debt and am very much in damage control. If I had better controlled/ seen the high and realized it was a high, I might have better controlled the damaging low that lead me to not be able to work and thus led to the situation I am in now. I should have listened to my wife when she said it was a bad idea..............