Ever since I learned about the possibility of long-term cognitive problems resulting from hypomanic episodes, I've been trying to get better at detecting them in hopes of stopping them.

It took probably 15 years to recognize hypomania at all. Pressured speech, yes, but that just sometimes feels like a bad day at work. Insomnia, maybe?

The one absolute identifier I can count on is this: book bingeing. I'll get fascinated by a subject and buy six or eight books about it, expecting to read them all at the same time.

But by this point, I'm off to the races. I'm curious - how do you identify the beginnings of hypomania? I'm hoping you'll come up with something I can use.