Middle Ground and Aspergers?

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Does anyone else have a hard time finding that middle ground between extremes? Some days I do no exercise and eat until I'm sick, other days I work out so much that I develop rhabdomyolysis. Some weekends I isolate myself, other weekends I go out with five different girls. Sometimes I don't work, other times all I do is work.

They say there is a happy medium, yet I can never find it. Am I alone there?

They call this manic depression, I believe.

Manic depression isn't strictly defined by mood swings – you don't have to be angry one minute and sad the next. It can simply describe energy swings, such as extreme activity followed by an extreme lull. Manic depression is like Asperger's in that there isn't one strict definition. But we're arguing over semantics here. Your question was, are you alone? The answer is no. I rarely find myself in any sort of middle ground. I'm either obsessively doing something or struck down by debilitating listlessness that prevents me from doing much of anything.

I have a very hard time keeping on an even keel. I'm either very happy or depressed. The people in my life don't understand it and they've made it very clear.

I believe that if nothing goes wrong in my day, there is something wrong with my week. And I am usually right.