I was wondering what you all think of this. Usually in the spring and the fall I go through a series of 'moods' I guess. I start hypomanic then move into a mixed state elevated, then it changes to mixed depressed and ends up in depression. So is that 3 episodes? (hypo/mixed/depressed) or just one big one that moves around? I guess I'm trying to figure out if I'm rapid cycling, though I had 4 distinct episodes (manic/depressed/manic/depressed) back in 2006 when I got my diagnosis and that qualifies as rapid.
It just seems to take forever to get through, I get stable for a while then the next one shows up. Last year it began in March and lasted through May, I was stable through summer and then had another round in Sept that lasted until mid Jan of this year.