i’m rapid cycling type 2, it’s not fun but with meds, you can be fairly stable most of the time,mine have been working fine for about two years now, but I can feel I’ve been slipping for a few weeks now, so we’ll see…so don’t expect to be fine all of the time, though some people are I’d have to agree with Monksie, Stepping Hill have been great with me, both as an outpatient and being sectioned and in a locked psychiatric ward, er, a few times now.
Good luck with it, what I found a big help was learning to recognize the behavior that i exhibited just before a mood change.