My Mania.

These are pieces of what mania typically looks like for me.

1. Trouble falling asleep or less need for sleep.
2. Less appetite but
3. Greater tendency to cook.
4. Tendency to clean walls, doors, or cabinets whereas I usually don't even notice them.
5. Need for constant stimulation, which may include a
6. Need to listen to music constantly or 
7. Drive to remain in constant conversation with others.
8. Tendency to sing or dance frequently as part of a 
9. Need to perform.
10. Psychomotor agitation that may include
11. Inability to sit still,
12. Shaking hands,
13. Fidgeting or odd posture, or a
14. Need to walk or pace, usually while listening to music.
15. Tendency to open my eyes too wide.
16. Racing thoughts, including
17. New ideas that may or may not make sense and a
18. Tendency to talk to myself or intense have one-sided conversations aloud.
19. Pressured speech, which can manifest as
20. Rapid speaking,
21. Interrupting (or struggling not to interrupt), or
22. Long, frequent text messages or E-mails along with a
23. Desperate need to say everything I think and feel.
24. Grandiosity, sometimes including a
25. Belief that everything I think and feel (23) is vital to me and some others, a
26. Belief that I am or should be fascinating to everyone (and great disappointment if I'm not clearly so),
27. Specific and often unrealistic moment-by-moment, emotionally-charged expectations of others (exactly what one will say or do), or an
28. Inflated belief in my abilities and even interests.
29. Overthinking and over-analysis of everything, including
30. Scrutiny of everything important people say and do, word-by-word, glance-by-glance, and a
31. Likelihood to become hurt, insecure, and combative with little provocation.
32. Obsessive thinking, which can include a
33. Desire to become completely enmeshed with someone or someones, a 
34. Conscious or unconscious belief that my happiness or wellness depends an individual or individuals, a
35. Need for hyper-intimacy, sometimes to the point of disrupting another person's routine, 
36. Intense bouts of research on a particular topic, or
37. Fixation on certain objects or ideas.
38. Intense attraction to lists, systems, categorization, and ranking, whether or not it is significant or makes sense.
39. Irritability, often related to 27.
40. Perfectionalism or a critical perspective, related to greater noticing of details (as in 4).
41. Impulsivity, which can include
42. Excessive shopping, particularly online and usually with a certain fixation such as makeup or paper dolls,
43. Starting arguments or escalating conflicts in a (usually futile) effort to get something I need, or
44. Making sudden changes in plans (which is usually unlike me) or making new plans.
45. Tendency to excess in activities such as
46. Prolific writing in some form,
47. Highly-focused reading or reading from numerous sources, or
48. Intensely-focused tasks or projects, whether or not they are valuable or appropriate at the time.
49. Greater awareness of and confidence in personal appearance.
50. Almost self-destructive vulnerability.