Triggering by motion

I notice I get moved from mild hypomanic states into intense excitement by things like jumping on a trampoline, accelerating rapidly in my car, and seeing trees and other scenery blur and whiz by. The feeling here is usually euphoria.

I also get highly stimulated (and agitated and confused - dysphoric) by sudden loud noises, or diverse noises in enclosed public places, such as restaurants.

Has anyone come across any studies or articles on the topic of vestibular stimulation triggering manic episodes?

I will have to look into that. I react the same way when Im slightly manic. Seems everything is just a little to fast, to loud, to bright......etc. And it just drives me higher.

I get a little like this when I am depressed. Noises are too loud, people irritate the heck out of me.......sometimes we get stimulated too much by too much imput. I am not bi-polar but daughter is.......I get over stimulated as well at times and then I just need to turn off the world for a while.

I just know whether I am manic or hypomanic I love to drive fast. I like fast take offs and get pulled over sometimes, but usually the cop just yells at me and doesn't give me a ticket...don't know what's up with that. I also love to go to the races, circle track. I caught myself racing the train the other day but slowed down and thought I'm just too darn old for this!
I haven't tried to induce mania by purposely going fast. I guess it's something to think about if I feel myself start to go down.

Thanks guys. I searched the internet, and found no research on the topic, but did find the unexpected:

Vestibular stimulation in mania: a case report
http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/1/168.extract

The article reported a reduction in manic symptoms for approximately 24 hours before a gradual increase in symptoms to the pre-treatment level of mania.

From what I understand, caloric vestibular stimulation involves injecting a cool solution into the ear. That's not quite the stimulation we get from bungee jumping or taking corners at high speed, which in my view has an exhilarating and opposite effect on mania.

I would be cautious of using stimulation as a way of keeping out of the black pit. If the switch from mania into depression has anything to do with manic exhaustion, further stimulation could act as a destabiliser. Maybe - maybe not. I just know that when I have been manic for a week or more, I tend to become less stable. The worst thing for me is if I really lose my cool with someone (and it is usually screaming intense), I plummet into heavy depression for a couple of hours (mixed). If I'm manic at the time, I usually bounce back out again, but if it happens while I'm switching, then I'm in really dark syrup and need protection from the suicide demons that swoop in for the kill.

I get all the things (and more, lol) you describe in your first post on the way up.
Not preceeding.

I can get stimulated, say... 'bouncy' to music appropriate to that, but I don't consider the state following the music to be manic-y at all because it doesn't last or progress. Besides, I think that sort of reaction is pretty well universal.

That's my experience.