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Originally Posted by Nonchalantly
I'm searching for a way slow/stop rapid cycling. And is that the same as a mixed state? And does anyone else get depression and hypomania at the same time. Not on minute to the next but literally combined?
I'm just looking for someone who understands and maybe has some pointers.
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Mixed states are episodes that include symptoms of depression simultaneously with some symptoms of hypomania or mania. Sometimes these episodes can waver as to which symptoms dominate, within the episode.
Rapid cycling can be pure episodes (all depression or all hypomania or mixed episode) but the "rapid cycling" means you have several switches within a year (or month or week or in some cases faster).
I have found that the choice of medication(s) you are prescribed can be helpful for both of the above. More "classic" presentations of bipolar disorder can require other types.