What I meant is that I still went through some stronger hypomania and depression than I realized at the time. Periods of expansiveness and impulsivity, ranging from too happy to an extreme coupon run where I became obsessed and spent tons of money accumulating cheap crap.

Also, periods of angry depression.

The symptoms you mention haven't completely gone away for me, but I manage them with therapy skills. I have other mental health stuff going on that can never be managed with just meds, though. So I accept and work through it. It's getting better.