I've been somewhat hypomanic over the last 2 weeks, I met with my pdoc yesterday and he increased my lithium from 600mg to 900mg. I thought that the distractibility and aloofness I had been experiencing were due to starting lithium a few weeks ago but my doctor insisted that this was actually a symptom of my hypomania all along.

Anyway, I've been having racing thoughts and feeling very anxious lately -- so much that I've been finding myself needing to step away from my desk for a couple of minutes a couple of times throughout the day just to take a quick lap around the building and get out of my negative thought bubble and refocus.

Toward the end of the day today my supervisor mentioned that someone from a satellite office had complained that I didn't adhere to their dress code last week when I had been sent there to assist with something for a couple of hours (apparently they don't observe casual Fridays like my office does) ... My supervisor was really nice about it and seemed to feel a bit uncomfortable about bringing it up in the first place buttttt this fairly innocuous criticism really pissed me off.

Like, I know this is really silly to get worked up about but I am really really annoyed that whoever sent the email didn't contact me directly and instead went directly to my supervisor AND not to mention the only reason I was in the satellite location in the first place was to help cover for someone else. The complaint just seems petty and inappropriate to me.

This has been in the back of my mind all evening and I've kind of been brooding/ruminating over it because I have to go to the same satellite office again tomorrow.

Stupid little things like that really get under my skin when I'm hypomanic. Just wanted to vent a little bit and see if anyone could relate.

Random other hypomanic crap I've done over the past few days:
-Bought $70 worth of guitar strings when I really only needed 1-2 sets.
-Been planning trips abroad and "worst case scenario" contingency plans for what I'll do if I leave my current job.
-Obsessing over bad memories from the past.
-Feeling infatuated by people who are only (at best) acquaintances.