This is a great thread! For yrs I was in denial of my BP2 dx cuz I also dxd with BPD and could see past my extremely deep long enduring depression. I have recently gone through a hypo/ manic cycle. Through this I was finally able to understand and accept my BP dx. But as I am now mixed/ slowing feeling the enviable decline back towards depression. I a once again struggling to keep focus schedule and productive functionality with has been such a welcome relief during the last 3+ months. whether or not I am truly or ever was comobid BP & BPD... I know that I am not currently (able) to access my DBT mindfulness skills. I am extremely irritable and my temper flairsup and overreacting without breathing before responding. I am also struggling to learn to how to be constructively supportive to a loved ones new dx. So as far as hypo mania goes for me I am struggling clawing to hold on to it... knowing how awful and deeply embedded the other extreme is for me, but at the same time... The period where I did swing into full blown mania was psychotic and painfully embarrassing to look back on.. Oh the double edged sword... Is contentment too much to ask for??!!!