This reminds me of when I first went to a psychologist with my issues (before I was diagnosed bipolar by psychiatrists following my hospital 'visit'). So I got into a lot of financial problems when I was single, living in California and spending like crazy on fancy restaurants and following new pursuits.. surfing, rock/alpine climbing, moutain biking, diving, etc.. as well as some embarassing sexual stuff :-). I was able to afford it at the time (although living from paycheck to paycheck) because I had a dream job. I lost the job due to my inability to focus on it while likely being in a state of hypomania. He asked me how much debt I had. Well I had maxed two credit cards and owed around $4000 and being bugged by collection agencies. I had also stopped paying student loans and in trouble for that. He told me this wasn't manic! It wasn't enough debt to be manic and he seemed to disregard the idea of hypomania. But what if I was making twice what I was making? It seems to me that your spending depends what is possible for you to spend. I suppose to be manic I had to be robbing banks to spend more??

Anyway... yes. I'm awful with finances and am an impulsive spender. If I could... I would rack up the debt to crazy proportions if I didn't have a very solid and efficient wife.