I do have a response, and I will try my best to have it make sense, but you may have to bear with me.

If there is that much situational, that it can be confused with Bipolar Disorder then you will never know until the situation changes for you. Especially if the meds help. Are they helping with dealing with a situation, or are they helping deal with a mental illness? that is the question I guess. And to find the answer, all of the bad situations will need to cease so you can have some contrast.

I will say, situational problems are a huge trigger for me, and they affect my mental illness horribly. So I could see myself confusing situational problems and mental illness... it wouldn't be a large stretch for me at all.

but i do know that I have depression.
Can you say that for a fact too?

And I do know that I get that adrenaline rush feeling for days, days where it is soooooo easy not to see that I am hypo.
do you know that feeling?

if you answered yes to either question then you can be sure that there is a problem.

Now Hamster, I was hesitant to respond because I know how close you look at posts, So I am apologizing now for any inconsistancies that my response may have in it. I don't have the largest I.Q., but I hope that you can find something in my response that may help you on your journey of discovery.