(plus I think it would be theraputic to hear the signs we look for out loud)

Here's what I noticed:

bragging

eyes get almost square with a darker line around iris

paraniod gestures or thoughts

lack of sleep

lack of food-even refusing to eat

sensing a strange "vibe" from you

too much of any one thing(work, tv, computer)

more isolated

making strange phone calls

big dreams/ideas beyond the norm

Anyone else?

First is the lack of sleep

Second comes the drinking and/or pot smoking

Then paranoia, always the same. I'm cheating, I have a private network of people trying to conspire against him.

He starts calling me almost obsessivly.

Then he stops communicating with me. He is the best communicator when he is not manic. When he starts to go manic he stops telling me what he is feeling. He starts to get lots of low grumblings that he thinks I can't hear. It's him frustrated by the paranoia.

Then I get the radom questions. Probably similar to the wierd vibe. How come you got off work late? What ever happened to that bracelet you used to wear? How come you don't anymore. etc etc

Next comes the breakup. The I don't want to be with you anymore. I just never really cared about you.

Then he takes his medication randomly

Stops eating

Starts thinking that everyone is against him and wants to quit his job

Then he starts calling me again to tell me what a horrible person I am and threatens suicide makes accusations trying to get me to confess to something that is completly irrational. Like last time I "planted" someone in his liquor store to spy on him when he comes in.

The remorse

The cycle then begins again