[mossanimal]

Or... a Day in the Life of a Mildly Hypomanic Dad. So my mother-in-law treated us all to Disney World. I had already started moving into the high range after a crap depression and then I walk up to the front gate of Magic Kingdom for the first time and there is the magic castle in the background and singing and excitement all around (maybe everyone was hypo) the elation kicks in, the colors, the details, everything and I have to put on sunglasses to hide my tears of happiness (do other people here become saps in mild mania?) This kicks into higher gear when I find out we have to take a boat to get to the park. My wife is noticing the tears and she knows what I'm going through and she is happy for me.. but also nervous. I about flip a lid and lose my voice in joyous battle cries in Space Mountain. Then I start to get annoyed that nobody else is amazed at the faux iron work and think my wife is ignoring me so I lose my family on purpose and sulk for a half hour or so until my wife finds me and brings me back. Things get awesome again. And here I am.... waiting for fireworks and a long sleepless night before hitting the Epcot in the morn.

[mossanimal]

By the way..to put things in perspective... I've always been neutral to ignorant about Disney.. so this elation was a bit of a surprise...

I'm going to be honest....manic or not going to Disney is hypnotic for me. I absolutely adore it....space mountain is magical and the pirates ride and Indian jones and starwars ....I love so many. Even going through toon town and getting autographs with my kids and pictures of my son with Mickey in Mickeys house.....it makes me cry just thinking about the magic. And the light shows they put on at night are marvelous. They once did all these cartoons in the sky and it was breathtaking and beautiful. I've been too sick to go but I hope we can go again at least one more time as a family with both my kids (19,17)

Enjoy yourself.....it's a beautiful experience.

[Wander]

All that stimulation will definitely make hypo worse or even trigger it. Sounds like you enjoyed yourself. Hope you have a decent sleep and wake feeling calm.

[Moose72]

Disney world does that to me too.