Bipolar Type I — Part 2

A series of essays about mania, depression, and the coveted golden mean in-between.

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Part 1 can be read here

In Part 1 of this series I covered my second, and strongest ever, manifestation of mania, which occurred when I was 21. In this piece I will go back 3.5 years, to when I turned 18. My first ever manic crisis manifested the same day I…