Usually the depression symptoms, sadness, no interest in things previously enjoyed, hard to get up from bed in the morning, if those experiences stay the same for at list for 2 weeks.
With mania its like a switch. In my case it was from being catatonic and meds no responding, I recieved Electric Convulsive Therapy, that really saved my life, again everyone is different. My sixth one, I call my lucky one, because I became manic and, I still remember what my Dr said "Susana, you are a lucky person, I am 100% sure that you have bipolar type 1, athough we can't cure it yet, with good treatment, you can manage it and recover" I didn't know what to think after all the pain I had.
