episodes vs. non episodes.

when people say that they are depressed in the mornings and hypo in the afternoon, are they talking about full blown depression and hypo, or a lesser form of them?

I ask because my episodes are really bad and i am a rapid cycler, but my episodes can last for days regardless and come out of no where. they are brutal and scary. I'm just trying to understand and clarify what exactly is being said here. my emotions will always be out of control, but I never confuse my emotions with episodes. so are we talking emotions or are we talking mood shifts?

Think you might get a lot of opinions here , but no one cycles through daily episodes right? I'm new at this but what I meant was when I have episodes the hypomania tends to be in the morning and depression the evening. As I am a rapid cycler but could go on for days .
Thats my two cents anyway

not picking on you or singling you out, but can you describe it more. I don't understand. do you have mixed episodes?

I think it is possible to be depressed in the morning and hypo at night. I had an episode yesterday where in the morning I was super depressed like waning to die depression and then after about 3 o clock pm I went hypo bouncing around so I baked all night. So yes it's possible. I'm a rapid cycler though. But most the time my episodes last for days. But I agree I wonder if people mistake normal sadness for depression or happiness with being hypo. It's easy to do if you over analyze yourself

but were they episodes you were experiencing? that's what i am trying to understand

I hear ya. I don't know I just know how I felt at that time and they mimicked what my episodes have been like before.

I wouldnt classify them as mixed, but sometimes I just get so mixed up I don't understand what im going through

ok........

I hear you dan I have extreme mood shifts, every couple of days, at some point it was a few times a day. I was even triggered very badly 2 weeks ago, crippling anxiety and crying spells, but haven't had a full blown episode since March... I too wonder about members having daily episodes, its incomprehensable,I couldn't live like that if that were the case.