The "vocabulary problem" refers to the practical consequences of people using the same words but meaning different things in different contexts. Like words that aren't slang/shorthand (T, tdoc, pdoc, sui, SI, etc.) but instead are normal vocabulary words that might be used differently in this context.

So I'm curious what a bipolar glossary would contain because I would like to better understand what people mean when they use certain terms.

The main one I'm not sure I understand clearly is "cycling" - what does that mean to you? When your moods are changing, or have gone completely around from low to high (or vice versa) or...? Is that different from a "mood swing" or are they essentially the same?

I understand "episodes" to mean periods of time where one has particularly severe symptoms, e.g. a depressive episode, a manic episode. Are there other ways that you would use "episode"?

I'm sure I'm missing some other typical phrases around here that might be unclear - feel free to add to the list.