Thank you so much for your replies! Tattoogirl33 I'm so sorry you're suffering so much! You do sound just like me! Before this latest stint in hospital I have been depressed and suicidal for too long! But when people ask me why I've been suicidal I cannot always answer them! It used to be the typical BPD side of me-'my boyfriend dumped me', but more recently there seems to be less reasons, although I do seem to have a lot of stressors in my life, I seem to be coping with them better when I become suicidal!!??? Weird!

I understand that the treatment is the same/ similar for both, but I just have this massive need to know...I guess just to help me get my head round things and help myself better.

Does anyone know more about rapid cycling? How often do the moods change? Is it that you have the same mood for over a week, but you have four episodes a year or can the moods change quicker and more often than that? I've tried to read to find out about it, but it's not the same as the real experiences, hence I hope you don't mind my asking you guys on this forum?

Thank you so much for listening! xxx