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The prognosis is worse for people who have rapid cycling (that means their illness is probably more severe than yours). I don't think questioning their bipolarity is very constructive.
For the record, I'm not questioning the bipolarity of ultra rapid cycling, just had questions about it -nor comparing which are more 'severe.' Maybe you were referring to someone else, though.
On another note, of course there will be different clinicians and lay people with different opinions, I don't think rapid cycling is part of a BPD spectrum or vice versa. I think in the strictest sense, the changes in mood is something they have in common, but I think for the most part, the similarities end there. But what this means, regardless, is that you can suffer from both, as distinct issues. Many people with bipolar disorder have other diagnoses/issues they have to contend with -it just sucks all around.
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