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Originally Posted by Confusedinomicon
This is just what I suspect;
I find that most describing ultra rapid cycling may have a commorbid anxiety disorder or bpd. I know for a fact that anxiety can cause mood to alter quickly. I also noticed a lot of people are taking prescriptions for anxiety related issues.
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I think some of it could be mixed states (not as defined by DSM), and that mood volatility and lability can be mistaken as being rapid cycles between mania and depression.
This page has this to say about mixed states:
"Often, the switch follows circadian factors (eg, going to bed depressed and waking early in the morning in a hypomanic state). In at least one third of people with bipolar disorder, the entire episode is mixed."
That is very similar to how I experience many of my ill days (but not all). I believe I mistook it for being ultra-rapid cycling. Now though, my episodes seem to last weeks, but I often wake up depressed before it switches to hypomania or some bad mix of the two after about an hour. There are no day-to-day triggers that I can see.