I've just posted about the ?bipolar thing Rose. Maybe it would help you understand where your pdoc is coming from with that label if you check out psycheducation.org? It explains about cyclothymia and hypomania and soft signs that you can cycle without necessarily going to the stereotypical high that we all imagine when thinking about bipolar. It's a whole spectrum. Indeed the original manic depression diagnosis just referred to mood episodes that cycled so recurring depression without anything else used to be labelled that in the beginning.

With regards to the tidying, I'm such a slob now I'm depressed, unlike the neat bordering-on-OCD person I used to be. And it doesn't help my mood when others criticise and call me "lazy" etc. I'm sorry they get down on you for this. I've found a 10 min timer very good for studying and tidying in the past, so glad it helps.

*Willow*