[franz kafka]

I've just started taking Modafinil, and my mood has been climbing upwards. It feels amazing, since I've been depressed on and off for 6-7 months now. But I'm worried I'm getting too high. Right now I have a billion projects and lots of drive and energy and empathy and it feels like heaven.

Is there something that happens that makes you realize... oh crap, this is too much?

[xRavenx]

I can definitely relate. I know something is off when I stop sleeping. The higher I get, the less I sleep from having so much excitement and plans for the future. I start planning so many different projects and feel no need to sleep since that takes away time from all the interesting things I want to do. I physically feel a rush, and I get heightened senses.

[Nate7907]

When it causes impairment with everyday life. Such as work, school, or social life.

[Wander]

Modafinil can make you manic. Be very aware this could be happening and base your decisions on that. If you get too high do you have a PRN like a benzo or anti-psychotic to take to stop this before it gets out of hand? Don't spend any money either. Hopefully this will wear off today. Enjoy the feeling and productivity...stay safe

[Ocean Swimmer]

I may ask my Pdoc for this. Please keep us posted.
Sleeping becoming impossible and never eatting is my clue that I'm going into mania too.
And buying everything online.

My people tell me I'm too high. Missing sleep makes me start to worry but I usually don't know I'm too high until people start getting upset with me for various reasons which usually include running my mouth non stop.

[still_crazy]

Please do be careful. Modafanil is milder than, say, an amphetamine, but the potential is there not only for (hypo)mania, but also agitation and psychosis. These problems can happen even in people without a diagnosis of Bipolar or Schizophrenia.

[CloserToTheMid]

I get concerned at the very first symptoms. I feel that I have a point of no return and I don't want to get anywhere near it. The high is not at all worth it to me. The stakes are too high for me. If I'm even a little bit hypomanic for more than a couple of weeks, I'm seeing the doctor.

[st0psign]

I watch my sleep. if I'm up till 3-4 or later, and get up early still, that's bad. also I think my baseline mood is slightly depressed. so if I start to feel good at all, combined with the poor sleep patterns, that's a warning sign. btw right now I'm concerned with both of these for me, ive also been extremely irritable.

[Standup2me]

I think that one of my biggest problems is that I recognise it but choose to ignore it because I like it so much.

Is anyone else like that?

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by Standup2me

I think that one of my biggest problems is that I recognise it but choose to ignore it because I like it so much.

Is anyone else like that?

I start to watch life from the outside when I get manic yet I still can't see what's happening to me

[Standup2me]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I start to watch life from the outside when I get manic yet I still can't see what's happening to me

I understand what you mean. I sometimes hear myself speaking and wonder if that voice is really me and am I the one speaking.

[LadyShadow]

I usually don't know until its too late. I think the lack of sleep, as others said, is a big factor. Usually when I don't sleep enough or stay up for over 24 hours, my chest hurts and my heart beats fast and my head feels like a fog.

When the delusions start I am too far in it to stop it. It's a tightrope I walk on too.

[cashart10]

I stop sleeping and eating, start sending bizarre texts and emails, and become extremely impulsive. That said, I still don't usually notice but those around me notice.

I would certainly call your pdoc as mania can be dangerous and horrible for you. Also, my own pdoc has explained to me that every time we are manic, it leaves the equivalent of scars on your brain which can lead to things such as cognitive decline. It is worth it to try to avoid it or soften the blow.

[cashart10]

I also start screaming at people although I usually have a mild temper and even start wrecking my car. It truly is dangerous for me especially and even my family. Just be careful.

[Theresa1991]

I can totally relate to not wanting it to stop. I sometimes get the idea that I don't need to sleep because it is taking away time from all the projects I want to do. I know it is a bad idea but I really have to force myself to go to bed and usually I don't before three in the morning. It is just to beautiful, moreover after weeks of depression. Right now anyway, when I still feel wide awake at about one or two in the morning I will take a benzo.

[fairydustgirl]

Originally Posted by Standup2me

I think that one of my biggest problems is that I recognise it but choose to ignore it because I like it so much.

Is anyone else like that?

When it is a happy mania, yeah I ignore it, usually my symptoms are hypersexuality and well...it feels good. when I get the urge to move to Australia to see the person I am talking to online, that's my clue to get myself to the dr I have actually bought a ticket to England the year I was diagnosed, thank God I was caught.

if it's a mixed, dysphoric mania, I go to the dr quick cause it is so miserable I'll do anything to make it stop. (looping negative thoughts are the worst, I can't make my brain shut for a second) but I also get very irritable and the F word comes out like an adjective, noun, preposition...you name it. and I don't normally curse.

basically any time I feel uncomfortable I will go to my dr, I just want it fixed. whether up or down or mixed.

[Moose72]

I start talking about angels-sometimes actually seeing them- and thinking I can fly. Jumping around and spinning not sleeping... To name a few