Hi Rick. I certainly have periods of anxiety without mania or depression, but also have them with some episodes of mania and depression. Sometimes I'll have more pure mania or depression, then the anxiety (or mixed features) will develop on top of them. Maybe sometimes the transition is triggered, while other times it seems to go that direction mysteriously.

That's great that you have mastered mindfulness well enough to make such helpful insights into your illness. I'm sure that those insights shed some light on things.