what is hypomania like for you??

I start all kinds of projects that are crazy big, even though i should be exhausted from all the other things i am doing....i go shopping at 3 am, i get really edgy and snappy.....my moods are all over the place.....last week i scrubbed all my walls with a toothbrush....

I get very irritable, tons of energy, lots of ideas that can "change the world!", anger, driving my car too fast, not caring about getting into trouble, no sleep and I talk WAY too fast and too much.

I turn into a homo capitalist... yes, I spend. I am happy but edgy and anxious at the same time. Creative, talkative, don't need to sleep that much. Obsessed with foreign language music, more than usual.

planning on going to places. This time it is Pristina.

I get so much energy that I feel alive. All the "me" that is stuffed down inside fills me up. I go out, I wear brighter colors. I buy things (not too much, hubby won't let me). I have lots of ideas and I try to sway people to my side (not not my normal). My creativity goes through the roof. I take on projects and get committed to things that I may not be able to follow up with. I talk so much and so fast that my husband gets really annoyed with me. I want to do something to worsen my hypomania, so that I go higher. I feel so great.

For about 4 days and then it turns into horrible anxiety and I can hardly move. That's how I know it is ending.

I have a lot of people watching out for me so I don't get in trouble.

I start lots of projects, I don't sleep or eat. I talk really fast and I stutter and talk in ryhme. I feel great, and extremely happy and hyper. I listen to loud music. Spend way way to much money on whatever I'm obsessed with. I tend to get fixated on a few things and totally obsess over them. I make very poor decisions as every decision seems fabulous. I get highly creative and productive. Until the mania sets in. Then it all falls apart I become anxious, agitated, irritable. Usually with psychosis. I start to pace for 16 -18 hours on end, I have a hard time speaking at all because I am stuttering so much. That's when things really suck.
I wish I could just have the hypomania and stop there.

Its a week or so of no sleep and too much spending

-No sleep, or very little sleep, and not missing it.
-Taking on more projects than I can reasonably handle.
-Having a totally overinflated estimation of my ability to do things, or blowing something that's normally a minor interest into an obsession.
-Occasionally I will "invest" (read: spend a lot of money) in one of those projects for a reason that at the time seems totally rational. Or, you know, sometimes I'll just spend money on something because I decide I have to have it right that second. In every color available.
-My tact filters and social inhibitions go away, and with them my anxiety in dealing with people (which is usually horrendous). I want to be the center of attention all the time, to the point of being completely inappropriate about it. I seriously feel like I can get away with anything.
-It's... really REALLY easy to get angry, and it's very sudden when it happens.
-I've been told I talk too fast and too loud as well, though I'm not the best judge of that.

This usually lasts a couple of weeks before the actual mania sets in, and the anxiety comes back. Not fun. ...Well, the hypomania is fun, I get quite a bit accomplished. My boyfriend is very good about making sure I can't get myself in too much trouble, thankfully.