It's too hard to describe my experiences with mixed episodes in a post. I wrote a 4-part story series describing my worst episodes. The first 3 include details of mixed episodes, mostly mania w/mixed features, though a couple of times it was more depression with mixed features. I know many here don't like leaving this site to read blog entries, but if anyone is willing my story starts with:

https://birdflight.blog/2017/05/10/m...ration-part-1/

Again, the relevant parts for my mixed episodes are parts 1-3. Part 4 is more about a severe depressive episode that led to ECT treatments.