Hello!!
Thanks for this thread, I'm loving it! I was just diagnosed on the bipolar spectrum a month ago, and cyclothymia is a thing my doctor is considering. I can definitely identify with a lot of the borderline traits!! Very reassuring that I'm not the only one. I have asked several doctors if I could actually be borderline, and the best explanation I have heard so far for why I am not is that when you're borderline your mood swings are only brought on by external events, whereas I just wake up depressed some days and hypo on others.

However, I have had 2 major depressions, which technically disqualifies me from cyclothymia, while the short duration/lower intensity of my hypomania technically disqualifies me from BP II. Agh it's so frustrating! This diagnosis thing is so confusing!