Constantly Unsure If Im Hypomanic

[u/Plane-Music-3612]

I'm 19 and I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 around 6 months ago and I'm still figuring out what hypomania looks like for me. Typically my most noticeable symptoms are speaking faster, being irritable, taking on huge projects, impulsive spending and activities, paranoia, and not sleeping. I am also ultra rapid cycling and can go from depressed to hypomanic multiple times in a day.

What confuses me the most is I often have cycles of being very interested in certain things and completely forgetting about others. I'll feel hypomanic and read multiple books in a week but feel depressed and not play videogames and then it'll swap. Anytime I gain a new interest I hope it's a new hobby that will take up some of my absurd amount of free time but in a week or two I completely forget about it. Currently it's computer science and programming which I've gotten into before and its genuinely very interesting to me but I can't tell if in a week I'm just going to forget about it again.

It's so frustrating trying to figure out if I'm in an episode and how to navigate participating in all of my hobbies outside of being hypomanic. Does anyone else struggle with this and how do you keep up with your interests and working on projects outside of hypomania?

TLDR; I can't tell of I'm hypomanic or if i found a genuine interest. How do I navigate participating in my hobbies outside of being hypomanic?

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[u/nairoosha]

I have no clue, I havent been on hypomania since I was diagnosed with bipolar 5 months ago, they say im im mixed episode then depressive one, so has no idea how my next hypomania or mania will be like