I am not sure if this is normal for BP but I feel like most of my time is spent in one of the following ways, rather than at "baseline":

on the way up
up
really up
agitated and energetic
on the way down
annoyed that i am on the way down
down
profoundly down
on the way to back to baseline

I am not sure but i think I spend more time up than down, but most of my "ups" are mixed with anxiety as they progress. I think i *may* spend 30% of my time "baseline".

Oddly, I have never been hospitalized, and never fully dissociated in mania (that i remember right now)...well I thought i was a psychic before, but i don't totally disbelieve that normally.

Is this strange? what is it like for you?