Gosh, I really can't count. Perhaps 2 to 3. I can usually tell they are coming on by a sharp increase in irritability. Add to this more enjoyment in things and a jumping around from one thing to another. I can tell too when people start to tell me to slow down in my talking. I don't hide my mental illness so I have a large support network; thus, when people begin to ask me if I am all right I know that I am not.

I have thus been able to address and cope with the hypomania before I go all out manic.

I will say that I on occasion resent this. There are aspects of mania I miss a great deal and sometimes wish I could experience again.