Oh geez. Doing stupid things while manic is something I'm pretty good at. Let's see, what can I add to this thread?

I used to go to Mexico to get rx painkillers otc because US currency was the only rx needed. I remember the first time we did this I was manic as all hell and bouncing around like a dang cartoon kangaroo. The pills had seemingly no effect on me. My friends thought that they had the opposite effect on me and sped me up.

I once enrolled in a radio apprenticeship. I met with my mentor once but never went back (because I spontaneously moved out of the area). Later that year I enlisted in the military. (Funny story about that, they don't perform any psychological/psychiatric testing and even with evidence of intense mood swings - provided you don't have a dx at the time, which I didn't - they are reluctant to let you out of your contract.)

I have a tendency to get motivated/creative when manic and start things but don't finish them, sometimes (like with the radio apprenticeship) spending money which just goes to waste.

Of course there are those times where I have uprooted my life with nothing more than a bag of clothes in an attempt to start over. I've gone from San Diego to Orange County and back and forth before; about 4 times in 5 years. Each time enrolling in a local junior college (on those motivational kicks) only to drop out.

And lastly (as this is pretty long already) there was 2006-2007. The year I attempted to slow my thoughts down (and at other times "pick me up") by drinking. Probably the dumbest thing I have done while, well, manic/mixed or depressed. Just pain stupidity on my part.