No need to apologize to me for writing a lot! From my daily observations, I write longer posts than almost anyone else here, on a daily basis. I have zero difficulty writing on and on, but do often have trouble reading without distraction. I do try to push myself, though, because I know that many sweet and tolerant people here read my long posts. Some likely skim or skip, but I understand why.

Frankly, your descriptions sound a heck of lot like many of my experiences, especially when I was younger. The only thing I experienced a lot of, here and there, that you didn't mention was irritability. And I think the word "irritability" is a sadly mild word to describe many of my anger outbursts. That's not saying I wasn't mostly elated during manic and hypomanic episodes. I was. But, boy, I could turn into the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes in a split second.

Travel the world? I did that enough. 20 something years old female traveling all around Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and having sexual flings here and there. But that doesn't mean I was always having sexual flings. Symptoms like hypersexuality or hyperspending, may not always be characteristics of every mania. Some people exhibit some impulsive behaviors that others don't.

I'll try to finish this quick because my husband just got home. Lucky you...and lucky everyone!

Please do take your medications and continue treatment. I found that by not being properly treated through my early 30s, my illness grew more and more severe. THEN, evil psychosis really showed itself. I had had some minor psychosis in my youth, but it got BAD later on.

Signing off...