hey friends

I'm in a new city living alone, escaped some unsafe living situations. my psych ghosted though and my therapist because I moved, which makes sense. just kind of sudden and scary because I got service out of state before from them but their policy changed recently. 

so, I have made one friend who is also a romantic partner. he wants to introduce me to friends today at a bar

I know being alone is not good. I have been hypomanic the past few days just restless, not really sleeping, being addicted to songs and dancing until I dry heave (I danced literally all day) and I'm irritable. I feel so off. I am opinionated and arguing on Facebook, so I deactivated it for now. but being in my apartment is probably not a good idea as people are grounding for me and are helpful with thwarting paranoia. however, I'm going to be meeting new people today. 

I know I'm not at risk of arguing and freaking out because the internet is very different. I have never argued with anyone outside of my family and long long term partners I lived with in person. I won't be irritable to them, and will most likely be just happy and quiet. I'm worried I will feel overstimulated and need breaks to breathe in the bathroom or outside but that's the extent. I'm probably overthinking this.

I'm not sure if I should even disclose my diagnosis and current situation to my romantic partner as we aren't a couple but both seem interested in the prospect and are taking things slow. for now we just spend time delving into our mutual hobbies and interests and hooking up, it's been very nice. I'm not obsessed and neither is he and I like it that way. there's good boundaries. 

anyways, I don't see the situation really going wrong per se, but I can imagine being overstimulated or overwhelmed. I won't drink to make sure my bases are covered in preventing mania, but I really just.. hate not being very educated in a relatively new diagnosis. I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 after a manic episode hospitalized me in August, I just wasn't given a lot of info or skills to navigate it aside from taking my seroquel daily. 

now I have been off of seroquel 3 days because of the psychiatrist ghosting and I'm trying to get cvs to refill it or request a refill while I find a new psych in my new city. I'm just scared it'll take a while. 

I'm trying to limit sugar and caffeine, alcohol, and trying to not be alone for extended periods of time. I realized I shouldn't be on places like fb and insta because it can stimulate an argument or justice feeling. I might even not listen to music or watch YouTube. just sitting with my cat in my bed right now. any info or tips on what to do when mania is coming on, let me know! what do you do to help yourself? would you go out with people (sober) and meet new people in this state?

TL;DR: not sure what to do, unmedicated for 3 days and feel mania coming on in a city with no network yet. I don't have a support network outside of the city either, pretty freshly on my own. what are strategies to maybe take the oomf out of an approaching manic episode?