When I was younger, probably 15 to 34, my highs seemed to be much more frequent than my lows. My psychiatrist once said he thought mild hypomania was my baseline mood, though I have bipolar type 1. Those states seemed to last very long-term with pretty upbeat stability, and were a mix of euphoria with some Tasmanian Devil tirades mixed in much more often than welcome.

It's hard to count, but before about 37ish I think I had only about 5 to 7 pure severe depressions that each lasted a few to perhaps six weeks max. During that period, I probably reached full blown manic 5 or so times, too, but relatively briefly. As I aged, mixed features really started up, though I know I had a couple mixed periods at my worst when younger, too. I was mostly seriously mixed in my mid 30s, often full manic mixed sometimes with psychosis during my first through sixth and my tenth hospitalizations. The other hospitalizations were either pure depressed or mixed more on the depressive end. After that, I had some long hypomanias again with stable periods, and a couple ultra brief full manias. Then low grade depression seemed to linger for quite a while.

At about 43, I had some nice stable time with just "blips" (as I call them) mostly hypomanias, and then low energy times. A couple family tragedies then lowered my moods briefly. My last significant episode was this past May when an anxious mania went very briefly psychotic. Since then, I've been so-so to upbeat. Lately, I haven't felt that great but it's more physical than mental.