[CherryGlazer]

I feel somehow DIFFERENT now in comparison (tired, calmer, more reserved). Today, I've been thinking about the past two weeks, and noticing some red flags that happened:

spending around $200 on concert tickets (7 concerts total between now and mid-october), $80 on a shirt that's too warm to wear now, $40 on an idea for a group project that no one wanted to use in the end (didn't see that coming), bunch of other things that I don't remember. These weren't my typical spending habits.

also, having conversations with random strangers and talking to everyone (i have social anxiety) talking excessively, participating in alot of activities and never being home and always being busy, drinking several days in a row (but only moderate amounts of hard liquor, hey im lightweight) (i usually go many weeks without drinking and never have more than a beer), going to bed late and waking up earlier (but not by much).

HOWEVER,

I just asked a family member who saw me a few days ago if they noticed anything about my mood. They said I seemed just happy in an normal way. They said that I didn't seem to be talking very rapidly back then, which is something they recognized in the past, when I experienced episodes, and that this was absent when they saw me.

so i'm unsure what to make of their opinion and some of my other red flag behaviours in comparison, wether or not i should mention it to my psychiatrist?

It sounds like hypomania. I don't know if you are at risk of going "higher." I've learned the hard way I need Olanzapine when this happens.

I ended up redecorating my whole house and tearing out my yard and over planting. Later I realized it wasn't what I would normally do.

[Tucson]

I think you need to continue to be attentive to your behavior. I think it is OK unless the mood change begins to prevent you from functioning well in your life.