Two poles. One pattern.
Both worth tracking.
A condition pack that covers manic stretches, depressive stretches, the mixed days, and the in-between. Sleep is foregrounded as both a symptom and a trigger — because for a lot of people, that's the first thing that shifts.
Illustration of the spectrum the pack tracks
People were tracking
the lows in Leo and
patching mania on top.
That's the gap this pack closes. The depression pack covers one half of the picture. Bipolar adds the other half — elevated mood, racing thoughts, less sleep but more energy — plus the mixed days when both happen at once, plus the rapid shifts between them.
Track both ends and the middle. The pattern shows up over weeks and months — not in a single hard day.
2.8%
Of US adults experienced bipolar disorder in the past year — roughly 7 million people.
Source: NIMH, "Bipolar Disorder" (12-month prevalence, 2023).
The things you'd
actually say out loud — not DSM vocab.
Pick the ones that fit. Add your own. The columns echo the spectrum: the warm coral side runs hot, the deep blue side runs low, and the purple chips show up either way.
The fast side — energy up, sleep down, thoughts moving.
- Feeling unusually up or euphoric
- Sleeping less but still feel fine
- Racing thoughts
- Talking faster than usual
- Way more energy than usual
- Sudden burst of projects or plans
- Feeling extra confident or invincible
- Impulsive decisions or risk-taking
- Hard to stay focused
- Restless, can't sit still
- Irritable or short fuse
The slow side — energy down, sleep up, nothing fits.
- Low mood
- Things I usually enjoy don't feel fun
- Exhausted, running on empty
- Sleeping way too much
- Brain feels foggy
- Feeling hopeless
- Eating more or less than usual
Shows up at either pole or in the gap between them.
- Mood shifting fast (within hours)
- Anxious or on edge
Note: the clinically-recognized symptom that involves sexual behavior isn't in our built-in chips (kids use Leo). Adults who need to track it can add a custom chip in seconds.
Six shapes a
stretch can take.
When you log an episode, Leo offers these as starting points. Tweak the symptoms, add your own. Two stretches in the same template can still look completely different — that's why they're templates, not labels.
High / manic stretch
Mood is up for days, sleeping less but feeling fine, thoughts moving fast, doing a lot.
Slightly up / hypomanic
A bit higher than usual — extra energy, less sleep, productive but still recognizable as you.
Low / depressive stretch
Low mood, drained, sleeping too much, things that usually help don't.
Mixed (down + wired)
Low mood at the same time as restless, irritable, or thoughts racing.
Fast mood shifts
Moods flipping multiple times in a short window.
Manic episode
Full manic presentation — grandiose thinking, elevated mood, rapid speech, with hallucinations or delusions on the more severe end.
Sleep moves
before mood does.
For a lot of people with bipolar, the night before things shift is the first place you can see it. That's why sleep is one of the things you can track right alongside your stretches — and short-sleep nights are baked into the high-stretch template.
Leo doesn't predict your next episode, and a single sleep-versus-mood overlay chart is still on the roadmap. For now you can log and review your nights as their own record.
Short-sleep stretch. 4–5 hours a night, still feeling energized. Often the first sign of a high stretch building.
Long-sleep stretch. 10–11 hours and still tired. Often shows up with a low stretch.
Any of these can nudge
the spectrum in either direction.
Sleep is the one nearly every person with bipolar I've talked to flags first. The rest cluster around circadian disruption, substances, and stress.
- Sleep Deprivation
- Disrupted Sleep Schedule
- Stress
- Seasonal Change
- Travel / Time Zones
- Missed Medication
- Medication Change
- Alcohol
- Caffeine
- Recreational Drugs
- Major Life Event
- Conflict
- Hormonal Changes
- Bright Light Exposure (late night)
- Overstimulation
- Grief
Built for the long
view, not the hot take.
What's in the hub today, plus a few things we're building next — the ones still on the roadmap are marked.
Symptom & episode logging
Log a stretch with one of the six episode templates or a custom mix of symptoms — pick the chips that fit, add your own, set severity and dates.
Symptom categories
The symptoms you track are grouped into categories, each with a running count, so today's snapshot sits next to your last 30 days.
Trigger co-occurrence
Once you've logged a few stretches, Leo surfaces which trigger showed up most often across them — counts, not causation.
In-the-moment tools
Grounding (5-4-3-2-1) and box breathing, one tap away from the hub. Support during a hard moment, not a treatment.
Condition labs
Track thyroid, CBC, CMP, vitamin D, and B12 alongside the condition. (Taking lithium? Add a custom panel for your levels.)
Sleep & mood overlay
A single view that charts sleep hours alongside your mood state. On the roadmap — not in the app yet.
Per-episode “what helped”
Rate what helped a given stretch and build a personal toolkit anchored in your own data. On the roadmap.
Rolling 6 & 12-week view
A longer-range mood-pattern dashboard showing how stretches cluster over months. On the roadmap.
Five principles we
built around, not into.
- — 01
No predictions about your next episode.
Leo shows what you've logged. It doesn't tell you what's coming next.
- — 02
No diagnostic claims.
We organize what you and your clinician already know — we don't second-guess them.
- — 03
No leaderboards or rankings.
Bipolar isn't a race. You're not behind. There's no winning version of this.
- — 04
No blame for an episode.
Stretches happen. The point of logging is the pattern, not the verdict.
- — 05
Patterns surfaced, not interpreted.
Triggers are counted across your logs. The meaning is yours to make, ideally with your clinician.
Leo is a tracking and journaling companion. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, and it is not a substitute for medical or mental-health care. The tools on this page support the work you do with your clinician — they do not replace it.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line), or call 911.
Both poles.
One place to put them.
Leo is in beta. Joining now means you help shape the bipolar pack itself — what counts as a chip, what an episode template looks like, what stays out.
HIPAA-aligned · No predictions · No leaderboards · No blame