Not long. So were you treated for mania?
Too bad you can't find a way to incorporate it into what you're doing. Children are pretty manic but can still cope somehow (I don't agree with drugging up the most manic ones - some of them just have more joy and energy than most).
I have another SNOW DAY. I couldn't believe it. We were out Mon for Pres. Day, then yesterday for snow...then today for black ice factor. Heh.
Yes, always for mania. I'm diagnosed bi-polar...haven't been depressed-only in contrast to feeling manic...and then coming down. That can be debilitating...because there's nothing quite like that level of feeling..except it feels a lot like one incredible, months long, best acid trip..... of your life. Inevitably, when I go back into the hospital (8 times now), they determine since I had been feeling this way (in contrast)...that I must have been depressed..lol...
Anyway, children are not weighed down with life..until they hit secondary school with all their angst...and they can be seen as manic when they don't have all that like later in life.
One kid I have taught for several years-(we do that since it's a special school for kids w/learning disabilities) is diagnosed as bi-polar and was a huge mess (2nd grade) until she got on the right thing. Wow...a terror....meltdowns everyday, tantrums, etc. Today, (she's in 5th grade now) she's doing great and still has moments of frustrations, etc...but is one of the most creative, intelligent, artistic children I have ever known. She's lucky in that she had a huge amount of support and resources for her to get what she needed.
About them in general though, they are very perceptive. Younger ones have definitely felt when my mood is elevated and get very silly. I have to pull back a little. I have to be very careful not to let my sleep get out of hand for more than 2 days. It will build if I let it. It all fits together like a puzzle now...that sometimes I have to rearrange, but know how to place.
Btw-maybe a little more on the topic of your thread...sorry about that...I had my first lucid dream last night. I see it as all connected..consciousness 'progress'- if you will. I'm going to make a thread on it...as I'd like to get some advice, hopefully. If you've had lucid dreams, please come give some advice!