I am a rapid cycler. I spend two to three weeks in any given mood state (except baseline - that's a rare treat that only lasts a few days when not medicated). I became depressed on April 5 and very quickly developed psychosis which got worse until last Tuesday when extreme stress spin-kicked me into psychotic mixed/mania. I was absolutely hypomanic in the hospital but I played it off as normal which I shouldn't have done because I'm all types of high. But the geodon keeps the psychosis away (a geodon a day keeps psychosis away! New slogan) and keeps the mania down until about noon when it wears off and my head starts unraveling again. Can't take it in the AM because I fall dead asleep three hours later. That doesn't help at work! Damn students would probably cut all my hair off and duct tape me to my chair...

I'm so exhausted by the rapid changes. It sucks. Haven't been on lamictal long enough to see a difference. But enough about me!

My main question is are your mood states triggered by events? Because borderline moods are usual triggered by something while bipolar may not be. My moods are only triggered by significant events such as the car accident I was in or getting into a huge blowup fight with my husband. Otherwise when I'm down something good can happen and it doesn't do anything and when I'm up I just take the challenges and roll with the punches and throw a few of my own.