I've noticed in "textbook" answers to what Bipolar is like that there is the classic "2 week" depression or something and that usually is the common one with only one episode of mania or hypomania needed for a diagnosis.

However, the people I know with bipolar syndrome seem (and I know this is a horrible word for it) moody. Like they swing high and low really easily and rather quickly. It isn't like they're steady state for longer than say...a few days.

My one ex-friend in particular would tell me that she would be there thinking about bad things in a low and then 10 minutes later be like "what the heck am I doing?" And also I know that she would be complaining about having a bad day and then something would happen and she would be "OMG SUPER AWESOME YEAH!" again.

So I was just wondering how common it is to have either the textbook or the superultrafast cycling?

I haven't been diagnosed with bipolar...but recent events have lead me to believe I might be. I spent the last 3 weeks pretty depressed, barely got out of bed etc. And now my mind is racing and everything is shiney and happy and new and gorgeous and nothing can go wrong and I love everything. I feel high, like on drugs, but all I've had is a pepsi.