I'm just trying to gauge your experience with mania. When you refer to times that you are manic, are you fully functional and not bizarre to others? When you define elation, do you mean elevated mood or head in the clouds? When you describe euphoria, do you mean a very good feeling or heaven on earth? When you describe irritability, do you mean you are irritated by the slightest thing or do you mean you find yourself SCREAMING at your spouse for going to the wrong grocery store? When you say you are paranoid, do you mean you worry that others are talking about you, or do you mean you worry that people are watching you and/or trying to kill you? Do you experience all of this to a varying degree? When you experience the lesser of these, do you still consider it mania? Just curious...gauging my own mania against yours.