I don't have episodes very often, tops a couple of times a year, so more often than not it doesn't affect my every day functioning, I leave that to the terrible anxiety...

Episodes greatly affect work, friendships, relationships, everything, whether I'm hypomanic, manic, or depressed.

i.e. When hypomanic, amongst many other things, I get in touch with people I was in relationships with some time ago, sometimes a long time ago, and then when I'm baseline again, I couldn't be bothered. Same with very ambitious projects. I hate coming off as so flaky.