(Tatoogirl, thanks for the laugh! )

Suga, I've been thinking about this question ever since you started the thread. Still not quite sure how to answer it. Makes me think of my answer to nearly everything: "it depends". I don't cycle particularly regularly. Sometimes it is pretty fast, sometimes it is very (sometimes very very) long. I tend not to "count" swings that are very rapid. They can go as quickly as they came and I don't consider them "episodes", I ride them out (even when drastic and very uncomfortable). When they start to go on (or get a certain feeling I can't quite describe), I've got a damn good idea where they're headed, been there enough times to know. At that point, I take action.