I think it's pretty awesome that based on my posts Bizi caught on to the fact that I was having an episode before I did. I told her a couple of times I was stable before I realized I wasn't.

I have a really hard time catching things early because it's hard for me to distinguish mild hypo symptoms from anxiety (it was a big problem when I was using the prns so I was under-medicating). Even all that activity on Thursday flew under my radar even though I thought I was being extra vigilant.

I'm not having a full-blown episode of hypomania at the moment, but I'm pretty high despite adding the extra 50mg seroquel last night. It's about 10am here, and my am meds have had plenty of time to kick in. I don't know what the rest of the day will bring...
But I'm going to up the gabapentin tonight to 600mg to try to avoid an escalation or dysphoria. It might mean I'll be snowing myself for a little while until I adjust to the dosage, but it's for a good cause.

Finding myself in another episode is very scary for me based on my history, but I'm going to try my best not to make a big deal out of it. That will just add fuel to the fire. I've been successful redirecting myself lately, and I can't see why I can't apply the same principles here. I told my husband "I'm up and a little too happy, so I'm adjusting my meds." When it comes down to it, isn't that just exactly what's happening? Plain and simple.

I'm just going to focus on the med piece. Things started to fall into place once I added the gabapentin into the mix last time. It should work again, and more quickly, since this time I'm in a better place than I was then.