I have Bipolar Disorder Type I & adult ADHD. Going only by your post, you are not describing mania. There is a huge difference between mania and hypomania as well. You might want to look into that. You would not be able to successfully function if you were manic. With bipolar disorder, in general, you have "episodes," so you would be manic or hypomanic consistently for several days, depressed consistently at other times for weeks at a time and then would also have periods of "normalcy." If you are shifting more rapidly and have no times in which you are free of symptoms, it is less likely that you have BP. (There is a rapid cycling form of BP, but I'm trying not to complicate the issue any further. What you are describing does not sound like that anyway.) And obviously you can't diagnose over the internet, but especially since your sleep is within normal range, BP is unlikely. I have looked into the "Ring of Fire" form of ADHD like the other poster was talking about, and I agree that you may want to look into that. He has a website & the library should also have one of his books that talks about that. I'm just using my phone otherwise I'd google the site for you myself. Just google "Dr Amen." Hope you can find some relief regardless.
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