[CliveWild]

You can't find time to go to the bathroom.

You are on the go all the time and there is no time to lose.

You do 5 things at once and want to do more.

You type more accurately than you ever could.

You have more ideas than you can process.

You put the milk in the oven and the dinner in the trash.

Just a bit of fun: What do you have?

[disguise123]

you crack a billion unfunny jokes and laugh yourself silly over each one.....alone.
you suddenly realise that you and the guy on breakfast radio are soulmates, and all you need do is find him.
You have been awake for five nights and you have a billion new friends on the internet.
You give yourself a radical haircut (again)
You spend every last penny in your bank account on gifts....for the mailman.

[widgets]

Rapidcycla have you done 2 and 5?

[Moose72]

You suddenly have an epiphany that you've figured out the meaning of your life and the thread that binds it all together.

You hear people talking to you when you are alone in the house.

You think someone is after you and following you everywhere.

You stand on a balcony and think you can fly and just before you go to climb over the railing, you feel bad for the old ladies on the floor below should you fail and stop.

[venusss]

Every song on your playlist has a story to tell you. And a Bosnian song make you want to pack your bag and fly to Sarajevo...

you are sure you can disapprove theory of relativity or come up with system that would replace capitalism.

You go clothes shopping and ancesories... your wardrobe consist of bright colors, daring prints, and flowers in the hair. On some days you are considering moving into another country, one of the reason being your countryfellows dress boring and don't get your style.

you dabble into Kaballah.

You decide that sleep is something needed by people who have less important things to do than you.

[venusss]

Originally Posted by Amy

You decide that sleep is something needed by people who have less important things to do than you.

That is one of my things too. I have the "I wish I did not have to sleep and eat - such a waste of time" periods.

You give away your TV.

You're too busy thinking to watch it and besides - it clutters up the room.

Originally Posted by VenusHalley

That is one of my things too. I have the "I wish I did not have to sleep and eat - such a waste of time" periods.

Yep!!!!!

[Moose72]

I once thought I didn't need sleep because after all look how much more I could do with that 8 hours a day Id been wasting!

[ladyjrnlist]

You buy a large piece of furniture you can't afford and must assemble it by hand at midnight

You drive 70 mph to the grocery store and then buy everything but what is on the list.

You make a rude gesture at an 80-year-old woman who is moving too slow in the store. Yes, I did.

You keep talking not realizing everyone has left the room.

You dance to the piped-in music while waiting in line at the sub shop.

You text your T just to tell him how awesome you are.

[ladyjrnlist]

Oh. The jokes. The jokes. That is SO me.

Originally Posted by rapidcycla

you crack a billion unfunny jokes and laugh yourself silly over each one.....alone.
you suddenly realise that you and the guy on breakfast radio are soulmates, and all you need do is find him.
You have been awake for five nights and you have a billion new friends on the internet.
You give yourself a radical haircut (again)
You spend every last penny in your bank account on gifts....for the mailman.

[Travelinglady]

Wonderful thread! It's good that we can still keep our sense of humor about these things.....

You buy your toddler son yet another pair of shoes, even though he already has 25 pairs.

You get the whole house cleaned and are still ready to tackle other tasks. Maybe the next door lady's house?

You can't shut up, even though you'd like to--and everybody else certainly wishes you would!

[Ryask]

Originally Posted by PAYNE1

You get the whole house cleaned and are still ready to tackle other tasks. Maybe the next door lady's house?!

I wish i was your neighbor!!!!!!!!!

- You get your whole weeks reading/school assignments done in a two day marathon.

- you decide you need to start thinking about sewing all the cloth diapers, quilts, burp pads, toys and booties your baby (that you dont even have) needs for the first year of thier life. Then you spend hundreds of dollars on materiel and do in all in two days.

- you buy a big expensive vehicle with heated leather seats...even though you don't have your license to actually drive said vehicle.

- you buy two digital camera's,tripod's , lighting, backdrops, and other accessories for your new "home based business" doing portraits...then after a week you don't even touch the camera.

-You start journals of song meanings, and most of them are unreadble by the next day.

- you write useless papers one called "people are not equal" and the other to disprove "survival of the fittest:natural selection" for no apparent reason.

- Deciding that your night would be more interesting if you drink your whole liquor cabinet.

- your pretty sure after staring at lightbulbs that the electrical current is actually a mouth and it's trying to tell you something very important, but alas you are not very good at reading lips.

- You get a third ferret just for fun even though the two you have destroy everything you own.

AND the most important one

- You stop taking your meds because your "all better" and your pretty sure your "not even bi-polar anymore"

oh so many things haah

[greylove]

These are killing me!!!! I could add about two thousand more. You know you're manic:

When you try to purchase two Oriental rugs that are on sale for seven thousand dollars, when you don't have a house to put them in and you've never bought a rug in your life

When you dance four and one half hours NON STOP when normally you couldn't be dragged onto a dance floor.

When you're writing three hundred post-it notes to yourself and covering the entire kitchen with them

When you do perfect block letters, perfectly centered first try on every post-it note in the kitchen

When you're giving a near perfect stranger one thousand dollars to cover his rent.

When you're getting out watercolor paints that you haven't used for thirty years.......about to create masterpieces.......and losing the thought in two hours

When you switch from rock to country music overnight

When you spend one hundred thirty two dollars on pens, notepads, and Post It Notes all at one time in the drugstore

When you just know God is holding every traffic light green for you at intersections

When you just know blue cars are "happy cars"

When you drop hundred dollar bills into the offering plates at a church you don't go to

When you get "religion" overnight and God is parting the clouds to speak to you personally

When you're confronting strangers about driving more safely with a baby in their car

When you've bought about two hundred belts and handbags with the idea of having "belt" and "handbag" parties

And so on........

And so on........

And so on.......

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by ladyjrnlist

You text your T just to tell him how awesome you are.

hahaha! I love this one!

[Anneinside]

You stop a stranger in a store to talk about her socks just so you can talk to someone.

You are very irritated at the woman in the car in front of you because she has her sunglasses resting on her head.

You buy a new car because you HAVE to have leather seats even though your current car less than a year old.... and the same model as the one you buy.

You think you need a shirt so you buy 20 identical ones, color varies over a week online. You are surprised every time one arrives.

You pick up a new hobby, spend $600+ on the materials, tell everyone how neat it is and hate it after the mania ends.

A salesman comes to your door and says he is selling siding for houses and you reply, "I'm buying siding."

You start a lot of projects and don't get any of them done.

You buy a 1500 page book on computer hardware and read through 3 times in a week.... and remember it.

You search for "The Answer" and are sure you'll be the one to find it.

[lynn P.]

I hope it's okay I post here, even though I'm not BP but my brother was. This is a true story. I used to work selling furs (yes I love animals but needed the money...please don't pummel me with sword slinging icons lol). Anyway my brother wanted a fur jacket and I could get 40% off but the manager wasn't there...told him to wait. He went to the competitor and bought one full price and then went a bought one of those model T convertible cars. It's the dead of winter and he wheels up, with the top down wearing his new fur jacket.

One day he decided to but $2,000 worth of costume earrings with the intention of selling them to small stores - this didn't work out so he was stuck with all these earrings. I say all this with fond humor and I loved my brother dearly.

[greylove]

There's no end to creativity during mania......... and then you look back on it and just cannot believe what you did......... Thanks for posting about your brother lynn. He's lucky to have you.

[ladyjrnlist]

OK. I confess. My hall closet is full of unfinished projects. Painting, cross stich, jewelry making, sewing.....all complete with expensive supplies to do such tasks. I never touch them. LOL. That one hit home.
I don't use Post-Its, but I have three notepads including one in my purse full of lists of things to buy, things to do.
I have 20 pairs of shoes I can't wear because I have to wear sneakers because of a foot injury.
I bought a $50 watch last night even though my current one is perfectly good. The new one is more shiny, though!
I have pens and pencils all over the place! (just in case I need to make a note)
I have how-to books, an LSAT test prep book, and tons of web programming books I don't use.
OMG. The list goes on and on...thanks for this thread.
P.S. I really did text my T just to tell him how awesome I am.

[Miss Laura]

Welll by reading everyone's you guys have covered some of mines

- You run and bounce from sofa to sofa in your livingroom while having the music up blaring playing out 90's dance tunes and cheesy pop with your cat looking at you like your a total fruit cake!!

- Call friends up at 3am and tell them my life story and talk extremely fast and not let them talk. Then when they do they tell me to calm down which I obviously don't

- Talk to men on the internet and sent naughty photos of me to them in turn they all want to hook up

- Sit on here all night and not sleep and feel I have all the answers to everyone's post

- Write out how amazing my life is and then how I can solve all the wars in the world lol

- Self Harm when completely wired up

- Deep clean all the cutlery/cups and plates in my house

- Feel so indestructable that I know I can bounce back when cars are driving towards me

[Moose72]

And what was your T's response to your text?

[ladyjrnlist]

and i quote him:
"That's great! Make sure to monitor"

Originally Posted by Moose72

And what was your T's response to your text?

[PT52]

ahhh....I know I'm manic when....it's today!!!

[disguise123]

Originally Posted by widgets

Rapidcycla have you done 2 and 5?

lol only 2 but i have done 5 for work mates (poor mailman got left out) !