Hi D3857.

I recently had a period when I went swinging back and forth between states. My psychiatrist labelled this as rapid cycling, a relatively common occurrence, and he adjusted my meds to resolve the issue.

I ****ed up a lot in my twenties with undiagnosed BPII, plus a bunch of drug and alcohol issues. I bounced from bad relationship to worse while sleeping around as well, had problematic housing issues, and kept blowing up my life. The only things that got me through were holding on to some solid principles: Always work, never get anyone pregnant, and don't catch any nasty diseases. No matter how bad it got I held onto those, though the first one was touch and go a lot of times (don't deal drugs form a liquor store should have been another credo, but I still haven't been arrested for anything).

You'll get there. It is great that you are getting help, which is a game changer. Meds have been so helpful to me just by reducing the noise in my head. I hope it works as well for you.