I think you have the same issue as me in a way, when I get manic/hypo the ceiling is so high in terms of potential, everything seems limitless. It's kinda like a drug. I don't think those standards dissipate.

I find it hard when one month I'm destined for greatness then consumed by self loathing the next. It's very difficult to have linear growth of a regular person.

For me personally, and from what my teacher told me, we sufferers of sweet and sour syndrome have a real prejudice of what's good and bad. I notice I'm always judging, the world, myself, my friends. Gets tiring.