It's other folk's experiences like this that really give me faith in the diagnosis that I've been given.. something I always struggle with. I see these mixed states potentially as a transition to depression. When I go into the bad version of my hypo-mode.. I start getting a bit delusional about some new idea I have and I pursue it all costs. When I start to get a glimpse of how wrong it is... I start getting very agitated and I continue to do it in an intense way. I'm definitely not enjoying it.. despite the fact that I was so in love with the idea in the beginning. I keep going though.. and start hating myself for that. My wife starts to notice that I'm not making money and starts to see that I'm hiding things that I'm doing in the shop.. and then I start blowing up at her. Then I feel guilty and then I start thinking I don't belong and don't fit in and it spirals to a dangerous tipping point. Anyway... I haven't thought as much about it going the other way.. from depression to hypo. Usually it's like coming out of a cave and joyous. I happen to be there right now. :-)