For years, mania was a more frequent visitor than depression. But since I've been well medicated, I have very mild hypomanic and depressive episodes; in fact, I haven't had a severe one of either type in five years now. I'm pretty predictable; I almost always become hypomanic in the spring/summer and depressed in the fall/winter. This year I skipped mania altogether. I hope I can get by without a depressive episode this winter.