about the same here.... never even get fully manic, just enough to show my ass....

depressed WAAAAY more often....

but oh well life goes on

Manic - 5%
Depressed - 50%
Normal - 45%

That's when I'm taking all my meds....

I personally have three yrs under my belt..LOL, medicated that is, and after the first six months, and the guilt started wearing off, i started feeling better.. the only thing that kept me down a little was living with my inlaws ten months into my Dx!!!
therapy , support groups, this place,, i do it all, keeps life in perspective for me..
and yes i feel 'normal' whatever that really is...
if u only knew what ppl hide behind closed doors.. u'd feel more than normal
I'm still me, a more mature me

i can go from manic to severe depression in the same day and i dont think i ever feel normal.

What is this elusive normal that everyone sems to be searching for and beat themselve up when they cant find it...Is normal you unmedicated, or the people that you percieve as normal. I dont look for normal anymore Im hapy being me. My husband is a "normie" the love of my love but he has done and said some pretty out there stuff. If normal is what I have seen displayed in the everyday world and on the news Im even happier to be me. I know right from wrong and the are alot of so called "normies"that have no idea. Just because they dont have beepers does not make them normal. Unless someone can show me a piece of paper saying they are DX as normal then I judge people as I find them. In one form or another we all have issues some choose to deal with them and some dont. Some allow these issues to take over their lives and others decide to deal with them and have their issues help to make them a better person than they were to start with.

I don't think there is a "normal" that you can actually point to. What's normal for me, is definitely not considered mainstream normal. I have to say 6 years into my diagnosis, normal for me is a seesaw between hypomania and emphasis on depression - even with meds.

wow Johnette, think u pretty much gave the dictionary definition!

Wow what a question, we all have different forms of the ailment so it's hard to say. For a lot of years it eas up and down on a daily basis. Lately it's been ok. As soon as something major happemns it all falls apart. Wish you the best.

lol...oh did I Adrinne I just say it how I see it...but I hope it helps...

I've only been manic 2x in my lifelong battle w/bp. But I get depressed quite often, and to the suicidal stage.
I'd say I'm manic 1% and depressed 60%.
Gee, what fun!

Don't know what johnette is on about, but for me, normal would mean.... NOT BIPOLAR.....

should i start the you might be a biploar list, kinda like the you might be a redneck thing?

Jesus if you have never wished for normalcy as a bipolar then you probably aren't one....

HAHAHAHAHA!! Good point sickoflife!!

I don't really get manic episodes b/c I don't know what it is to be happy or really excited at all. I am depressed about + or - 85% of the time, feel normal about 10% of the time (usually less), and I would have the slightest manic episode which is normally just really hyper for about 10 minutes before the feeling is ruined by some factor which sends me back into depression...I tend to go between depression and aggression/irritability, but luckily I've never been violent. I think that bipolar disorder is different for everyone. Some people have long manic episodes than depression, but a lot of the time it's the other way around. I think it's important to learn your ways and be comfortable with it so you can deal with it better. I've been bipolar for a long time, and I'm still learning! No worries. I think we all struggle in some way,shape, or form. We're all here if you need to talk. = D

60% manic
30% depressed
and whatever normal is is the rest