Hey, I'm a newbie here too. If you feel you may be wrongly diagnosed and your pdoc doesn't seem willing to explorer/ give you the clarification you need, maybe try and get a second opinion.

At the moment, i haven't been diagnosed and the doctors I've seen are saying it's 'depression butt.... hmm maybe bipolar' as they haven't had time to really get into my history. I'm the same as you - I don't feel it's depression, too many events have occurred for my highs to be 'normal' but I've never been hospitalised for them either (though maybe in some cases, I should have been).

You're the only one that knows what feels wrong - if you're open with your doctors and you don't feel they're listening, go elsewhere. They work for *you*; you don't need to do anything for them but be honest.