"*I was not classic in the way that my manic experiences were really very enjoyable.." Not..haha screwed that up.

I always thought of bipolar as this..not completely symptom free between episodes. Blips I guess..symptoms still present in small portions. It is a mental illness with regulation components so that could be possible. My pdoc explained it as risidual effects after the episode. I lean towards thinking there is still inner turmoil so yeah it's going to come out.

One thing I guess is most people have more going on affecting the mood than just bipolar. Thought distortions, perspective on life and themselves and others in it, truama and abuse, core beliefs... there is a lot of contributing factors to mood libilty that tend to get overlooked.