I've been dx w/ bipolar for over a year now and still trying to figure my disorder out. I am trying to go off the meds as I am responding to my meds and coming off them beautifully. All my life whenever I was feeling manic or depressed I would tell myself "My feelings are normal because someone out there is feeling the exact same thing." Obviously I was wrong and my feelings were not normal.

How am I going to know when I am feeling manic vs just happy and when I am depressed vs just feeling the "normal" depression that everyone experiences from time to time? I really cannot tell because I am never sure what I am feeling. The only way I can really tell are feelings of overwhelming intense manic/depressive reactions.