vin123456- Thanks again for your comments... I agree with you, I do think he's 'charming' the psych team or something. He's definitely not being completely up front with them about everything.

Ange- You raised a lot a great things here in your post! Especially the part about changing time zones triggering manic episodes... I did a lot of reading on that after I read your post and I found several articles, it's definitely could be related! Thanks for that! I'm meeting with my therapist tomorrow and I'll talk to her about it. I've read some of your other posts on other topics and always find them to be very informative and thoughtful... It means a lot to us newbies! :-) Thanks again!