I thought I could hide it.. but in retrospect I don't think I did. My pdocs kept wanting to put me on Abilify and I could not understand it and I resisted. I now know I was coming in with forced speech and lots of movement and just excited. I thought I was normal... but now that things are evening out I understand why they were wanting to temper some of the effects of the lamictal and my mild hypo behavior. I've still refused the Abilify.. but regardless I feel more 'normal' than I have in a long way. With your family it's hard to hide sleep patterns... and my wife knows something is up if I'm getting by on 4 hours of sleep...

One thing to consider now that I know what is going on with me.. the awareness of my behaviour kicks in with people outside of my family. I have a better feel for avoiding the 'forced speech' and talking over people and being overly excited by my ideas.