I inadvertently highjacked a thread about rapid cycling. So I thought I’d start a thread specific for this topic.

I wrote a pretty long response and how it’s not always rapid cycling if you have never really found baseline.. you have to be able to compare something to gauge where your at mentally.

You can find my ramble on there if you like. I’m on my phone so I can’t copy paste, sorry.

So my questions are ...

What does your baseline look like??

For me I’m able to go about my daily life feeling content and find much joy in lots of things. I’m productive. I’m able to deal with situational things that might pop up out of no where. I don’t have any constant underlying anxiety. I do have to deal with chronic pain which can make my mood poor at time and a life long struggle with insomnia unfortunately and we all know sleep is practically the most important part of living your best life with Bipolar being in it. I generally am able to find something positive in most situations.

I do want to mention that Borderline “ can “ sometimes present as “ rapid cycling “ for some people and they just not realize that could be part of the situation. Having big reactions up and down through out the day is a symptom.

I do not have Borderline but I do have “ some mild traits “ like most anyone with Bipolar does , isn’t Bipolar just great lol

You ?