I'm rather all over the map tho rarely ever in either extreme extreme. My highs and lows are usually pretty mild and manageable. I also get mixed moods that seem to last longer but fewer apart. I don't like being baseline because it is just plain boring. I like feeling the ups and don't mind paying for them with some lows. I like the med combo I'm on now which cuts off most of the extremes but not enough to be at baseline for very long. What I have the most trouble with is anxiety and paranoia and some times delusions. But again usually not very extreme, except the anxiety. I have been hospitalized 3 times when I was younger. Twice for depression and once for full blown manic. The only time I ever been that extreme. However I was younger and more foolish back then. I would not have been hospitalized then if I did not shoot my then big mouth off at the cops. These days I am much wiser