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Originally Posted by RobertDark
I won't say yes or no here but 2 things stick out to me. Well three things. actually.
Seems like everything is happen to you after you read about it. That's the first thing.
If you do have BP, you are cycling very fast, which is entirely possible. But have you have long periods of depression or mania earlier in your life? I am sure it's also possible to have BP pop up out of no where, but most BP people seem to have some kind of hints from when they were younger. That's just an unprofessional opinion and assumption based on my limited knowledge.
Thirdly, the getting drunk doesn't mean a whole of of anything in this, imo. Yeah, you never drank before, but I would guess there are plenty of 20 to 21 year old college students that have done exactly what you did and it had no relation to their mental health.
It's good that you are getting it looked into with a professional, those are the people you need to see at times like this.
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Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to read and respond! Well, the thing is, I've had issues for a while now, but I'm just now starting to question whether or not bipolar could be the cause. I've had dysphoric mania and depression symptoms for a while now, but I don't think I've ever had a hypomanic episode until now.
I read that late teens early adulthood is typically when bipolar begins to manifest itself, and I have been feeling progressively worse over the past few months. Yeah, I did only start to have a hypomanic episode after I was reading about it, but I'm wondering if having a hypomanic episode was inevitable and I just happened to trigger it by obsessing about how I was feeling afterward.
As for the drinking thing, I know it may not seem like a big deal to someone who behaves like a normal human being and drinks socially, but me drinking is extremely out of character for me. Like if people I knew knew I did that, they would be so freaking weirded out. And it's not just the fact that I drank, it's that I walked miles to a gas station at 6 in the morning all the while in a hypomanic state. Like I wouldn't have done that if I were thinking normally.