I am now oficially bipolar I and have been having mood issues continuously since Jan 4. It started off with hypomania and worsened to mania. Then with no break went to depressed but was still up all night like manic. I know it to be a mixed episode. Then right out of the mixed episode with no break I went into another hypomania (where I am right now). My question is: Would this be considered "rapid cycling", one long "mixed state" or three separate episodes (manic, mixed, hypomanic). I don't know why I need to know this but I do want your opinions since scouring the web for information about this had been fruitless.