I'm new to this, but my current counselor has encouraged me to make a list of the things that make me manic. The biggest one for me is sleep. There's usually a week or two period where I still can sleep at a normal time, like by midnight if I force myself, but I'll WANT to stay up later. It seems like when I start giving into that is when the mood trips up even higher.

I made a habit of writing most of my college papers during all nighters the day before it was due. Part in procrastination, part in I kind of enjoyed the thrill and adrenaline rush of pushing through it. Pretty sure I was pushing myself into hypomania now, but then I had no idea what I was doing to myself.

Another one is the compulsion to write. I love writing and want to be a writer, and all of a sudden, especially if I had been in the block, the words just pour out of me effortlessly.

I can identify with book binging too. Any kind of binge, really. I taught myself to crochet in one evening during high school, and then I later taught myself to knit during a similar state of mind. I've always had my "things" and "phases," I guess!