I'd definitely say this past week I was at the very least high-level hypomania, though towards the end there were mixed features involved. Looking back, I had what I call a "mood upswing" for at least a few weeks. Sometimes I can start with a low level hypomania that lasts a number of days and then escalates either slowly or quickly, usually because of a trigger. That's not uncommon in my bipolar experience, though I have had plenty of times when I zoomed up to full blown mania with psychosis in a flash.

This past elevated mood experience started in a lovely way with me able to take on several big home projects. My energy levels were definitely up there. A while back, my therapist, husband, and later my psychiatrist started to make comments about my high energy and my talking (fast, loud, interrupted people, a little grandiose, elated). Towards the end, my thinking became affected. I was having mild delusions, the racing thoughts became a bit disturbing, I was having violent thoughts, my behavior in public became a bit inappropriate, I started to do things I hadn't done for a long while (like going to AA), giving unsolicited speeches at places, being more flirtatious than usual, sleeping a bit less, etc. I ended up finally gaining some insight into the episode, so I took extra Seroquel. Then I called my psychiatrist and he increased my base Seroquel XR dose. I had to take even more Seroquel PRN for a couple days after that. I've since stopped taking the PRN, but am left with the higher base dose of Seroquel XR. I see him this Wednesday.

For a couple days, I did wonder if I was having a downswing below baseline, but that has since been resolved. I feel very good today with very good energy. I'm kind of back to the usual euthymic me, or ever so slightly above. By nature, I'd say I'm a very positive, outgoing, high energy person.