It can be hard to know what 'normal' or baseline is for me especially when my hypomanic is less than usual.I know my signs -- cleaning, trying to tell everyone how wonderful they are, wanting to call my landlord to tell him what a wonderful landlord he is, wanting to spread the word that life is SO AMAZING. I once told my therapist I felt like there were rainbows coming out of my butt, but I said another word for butt. I may not feel as extreme as deciding to write a novel but it's enough to make me embarrassed.

Umm, and I write very long posts.