I think that the increased drinking is what is really effecting me.....

I am not hypersexual, more like asexual, but this is not new.

I have not read the new DSM manual so don't know the new requirements for mania. It used to be that if you had hypomania for more than a week then that was considered mania.
Is that still the same?
Does anyone know?

We use our credit cards for everything and pay them off automatically though bill pay each month to get the 1.5% cash back.
So it is easy to see where our monies go.
WE do save every month and contribute to retirement plans. We will have our house paid off in 7 years, we had rolled our student loans into the mortgage when we refinanced the house, our cars will be paid off in 3 years. so we will be debt free by 2023.

We will pay $350 more a month ($200 now with a $4K deductible, will be $550 with $800 deductible) for better insurance come january.
Higher premiums with lower deductibles and co pays.
I need to go into therapy for my issues and I need to finally go to an ortho for my neck problems that come and go on a more frequent basis. Am afraid to go to a chiro.
thank you for your feed back.
bizi
edited to add that I just ordered lithium orotate, it should be here in 1-2 weeks.
bizi