I honestly don't know how many manic episodes I've had. Sometimes my psychiatrist calls things manic episodes for me that don't feel like true mania, maybe because they're dysphoric manias, I don't know. I just have short manias spread pretty far apart like a week or two long max and usually getting brought on by built up stress or lack of sleep in my daily life. My depressions are much longer and can last well over a year. I'm 8 months in one right now. Meds are helping somewhat, but it's still hard.