my (major) manias have been different kind of. Not gonna include the hypomanias >.>

the first one was in like 12th grade, productivity through the roof, no sleep, self harm, delusions, failed all classes because of attendance, even though I got top grades in a few of them (without showing) because I still did the work.

2nd one was about 2 years ago, mixed, depressed and manic, not sleeping, highly delusional. Spent my nights writing important things from the bible in a notebook, thinking that if I did this I would be my "perfect" self. Delusions about a language in a hallucination. There also may have been a bit of self harm. Ended up on a parking garage.

3rd one was this last semester, just productivity, increased ego, extreme self-confidence and flight of ideas, pressured speech, hallucinations and paranoia. If I don't let this bout of mood swings get to me, i'm expecting a 3.5+ gpa this semester. Soo.. it helps but I'm really expecting a major crash soon. And I can't afford for that to happen.

So to answer your questions, they've got similar traits, but they really can be quite unpredictable. Sometimes you just get different combonations of symptoms.