I'm so sorry to hear about your experience that sounds very frightening. No, I have never experienced full blown mania. I'm not even entirely sure if I've had true hypomanic episodes (though they sure seemed it) or if they were a result of BPD...but either way that elevated state seems so gone, like something of the distant past. My pdoc didn't know if I was bipolar anymore, after diagnosing me with BPD, because she herself never witnessed me hypomanic since I was ultra rapid cycling. I don't have a new pdoc yet and I'd really like to hear his/her opinion on the matter and hopefully get on a better med plan or have lamictal adjusted.