Oh, I am not saying it isn't a possibility, or one there of.

I am having trouble with the repressed emotion part. I have never been one to really suppress nor repress my emotions, not as a child or as an adult. I know my self quite quite well. I understand that you don't agree. I did grasp exactly what you are saying. I am just not fully in agreement.

As I understand you do not have Bipolar you have ADD/ADHD ? While they may share a few overlapping symptoms, I would argue that they are not the same illness. Bipolar as you know is a Mood disorder, while ADD/ADHD is an attention disorder. ADD/ADHD is chronic, Bipolar episodic. These are actually big differences. I have Bipolar 1, I do not relate a lot to ADD, a bit maybe when manic but not really, as mania has many symptoms not experienced with ADD. I do understand some symptoms overlap, but many do not. I would think Bipolar to be more closely related to schizophrenia, in these terms.

I can appreciate the thought and time you have put into your theory. I can see your points to an extent.

Ok sorry you said to excuse the ADD connection and I missed that. I'm not going to claim I know the why's of bipolar. I believe it is more than genetics, and chemicals, repression who knows, for those who don't repress? Still I don't know.