Above your left foot when driving there is a fuse panel with lots of relays. I believe the radio and dome are grounded at that location to the body and its common to have issues in that area. I recomend you stick your head in there and check all the grounds to the body. Replace anything that looks suspect could be the issue.

 

is the bulb hitting the wrong part of the lamp? maybe take the lamp down from the roof and look it over off the car for problems.

 

I think the issue was that I was keeping the light circuit on when trying to put the bulb in, and in the process of putting in the bulb, I must have been accidentally hitting another metal piece up there causing the short. Once I turned off the light switch, then inserted the bulb, and switched the light back on at the end, everything worked perfectly.

Thanks guys, I'll also check the grounds in the relay panel to make sure all is well there.

 

I upgraded my interior lamps to LED panels and they put out so much more light and heaven forbid I forget and leave my dome light on all night my battery isn't dead in the morning. Not that I've done that 4-5 times in the past few years....:lol: