I've been seeing my psychiatrist for almost 5 years now, bipolar...a few months ago my meds all just up and stopped working. I was as manic as I've ever been in my life, and panicked about it. Since then he's doubled the Adderall I was on to stay awake (I thought!) and told me I have ADD. He never said that before, and like I said, I thought I was on Adderall to stay awake because my other meds make me sleepy. The double dose does seem to be helping, though.

My question...can ADD just happen like that? Is it more likely that I've had it for a long time and didn't know it?