No he wasn't a cycling one. He's not truly bipolar even. But when I was researching it when he was buggy that was what I found to be the difference between bipolar and manic depressive. He's been slightly manic a few times but in 2008 that was the only time he'd ever been hyper manic. I also read that sleep deprivation can kick them off into it. He stayed up all night one night doing coke with his buddies and in the morning when I woke up he was like that. From then on every time he stayed up late I got all nervous he was going to be bugger nuts again. He was always an asshole, serious anger management issues, but during that hyper manic episode, he wasn't just manic, he was awful. And he wouldn't shut up. You should have seen his cell phone bill. Omg.
I'd tried a few times to talk to him, that he needs to go see someone but he'd just blame me. I made him crazy. I made him mad. I could go on and on, but that shits in the review. He basically self medicated with pot. When I told him I was leaving, I couldn't ride his emotional roller coaster anymore he said he'd go get help. So he goes to the PCP and tells him he's depressed because I want a divorce. So he gets a script for Prozac. I'm like dude, you didn't tell him any of your history. You're not just depressed. You need to see a psychiatrist, you might not even be on the right drugs. See, even then he was still blaming me for his nuttiness. Blaaaaah
Most bipolar people's moods flux every couple of weeks or months. If he was in the state he was in for a few months as you indicated, I don't think he was a rapid cycle-r as rapid cycle-rs do not stay locked in the same mood for long periods of time like that. Not all people on a mania trip are that severe... I would say that wasn't mania and more of a mixed episode. Mixed episodes have periods of mania with moments of delusions and severe anger. Definitely sounds more like a mixed episode or a rapid mood flux. It's hard to look at a bipolar person ( someone's mood who fluxes on a regular basis for fun and unpredictably ) and say "Oh, you're going through this period right now!" Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Any psychiatrist will tell you a period of mania is the least worrisome period mood swing for any bipolar person. Depression has a high suicide rate, mixed episodes and anger episodes have high jail / murder rates or even self harm rates but mania? Mania usually has a low harm rate to others or the person themselves. Sure, some people have rough periods... but for the most part, it's the least concerning mood flux in the whole mix.
Definitely takes a long time to get the right ones, and it definitely takes at least 30-45 days for them to even START working... 
( A 4 cylinder! ) I'd hop on a damn Amtrak for $34.00 if I had that option. Puhluease! :roll:
