[Razorback_713]

Do most of you tend to rapid cycle through mania and depression, or for you is it a more drawn out experience?

I have had hypomania that lasted for months, and points of depression that lasted for months. But in the last year, which is the reason I seeked out a doc and in the end a diagnosis, I started to rapid cycle weekly and even daily with a bit of dellusions mixed in.

[Skully]

I tend to rapid cycle. I can have a period of mania and then depression all in the same day. But, I have been stable for a few months now on current medications.

I tend to have longer periods of depression (months) and shorter periods of mania (about a month, or weeks). I've never cycled rapidly. At least, not yet.

[BlackPup]

I have long depressions 3-9 months, shorter hypomanias 2-4 weeks, then times where I rapid cycle - multiple moods in a day etc usually after a longer episode and I often wonder if med changes cause the imbalance

[sugahorse1]

I cycle rapidly, sometimes within a day. Then I may go through a few days, up to a week or so, of depression or stability. My hypomania usually only lasts a day or so

[greylove]

Originally Posted by Razorback_713

Do most of you tend to rapid cycle through mania and depression, or for you is it a more drawn out experience?

I have had hypomania that lasted for months, and points of depression that lasted for months. But in the last year, which is the reason I seeked out a doc and in the end a diagnosis, I started to rapid cycle weekly and even daily with a bit of dellusions mixed in.

Razorback......for me it was a long drawn out process. It was my first (and only, I hope) bout with mania, but it lasted months. Or maybe it was hypomania for months that kicked into major mania, complete with psychosis and delusions. A very scary place to be. Then, after hospitalization for mania, I crashed into severe depression, which didn't get a chance to last for months, as I made a very serious attempt to end my life.

Before all this I would have depressions of varying lengths and always sort of "situational" (depending on my situation). Nothing like my recent experience.

[FeelingHopeful]

Im learning so much here! Thank you guys!

[sugahorse1]

My depression can often by triggered by a situation too, and at other times I just cannot explain it

[Trippin2.0]

My depression normally lasts about a week un-triggered, and then it's like I'm this tired ball of sadness and self-pity for no good reason. Triggered: lasts around a month, suicidal thoughts, tendencies, on occasion I SI, and then all of a sudden, mostly at night...it's like a fairy waved her magic wand...start grinning like sum1 that's trying to hide the fact that they're baked...then laughing at nothing much...then my sleep eludes me and I know I'm there. The next few days I'm buzzing, racing,bouncing,and anxious, but EUPHORIC not sure how long this lasts without a crash being triggered as I keep getting triggered these days...we'll see...
Sometimes the cycle's more rapid than usual,I think mostly due to outside influence, not me myself. I dislike it when the manic me disappears quickly

I don't want the meds to stop my buzzing, I can handle the anxiety,hyperactivity and anything else that goes along with my euphoria...I just wanna keep my euphoria, that's the me I like best, the me that feels like my authentic self...