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Originally Posted by Razorback_713
Do most of you tend to rapid cycle through mania and depression, or for you is it a more drawn out experience?
I have had hypomania that lasted for months, and points of depression that lasted for months. But in the last year, which is the reason I seeked out a doc and in the end a diagnosis, I started to rapid cycle weekly and even daily with a bit of dellusions mixed in.
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Razorback......for me it was a long drawn out process. It was my first (and only, I hope) bout with mania, but it lasted months. Or maybe it was hypomania for months that kicked into major mania, complete with psychosis and delusions. A very scary place to be. Then, after hospitalization for mania, I crashed into severe depression, which didn't get a chance to last for months, as I made a very serious attempt to end my life.
Before all this I would have depressions of varying lengths and always sort of "situational" (depending on my situation). Nothing like my recent experience.