Mine follows a pattern that pdocs have said to be rather typical for BP1. I'll get hypomanic, mania follows, then eventually I crash into a depression. I get those episodes each year, although there's no predicting the severity. During the year, I'll also usually have at least one true mixed episode. It usually lasts for at least a month, although at worst, it's lasted a few months straight. Meds have helped lately reduce the length of the episodes. Hope that continues.

In between the episodes though, it's rare for me to be symptom-free. I'll have bouts of depression and some weeks with mixed features or hypomanic features, but not enough for those times to qualify as true episodes. So yes, some cycling is there....just not ultra rapid cycling.