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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster
Yeah this whole thing seems strange. Bipolar is a possibility maybe but I've never seen you talk about mood related stuff here. If I was your doctor I would be focused on what's actually being presented, ie the psychotic symptoms, instead of looking for something that might not even be there... That's what it seems like is happening, they're trying to say you're bipolar without much evidence. I don't know. It just seems weird...
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Yeah, this is my impression too.
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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
Sometimes I wonder if I have bipolar disorder because of all the agitation I get. I seem to get attacks of it that last about 7 or 8 days. When this happens I require less sleep then I normally would. I can get by 6 or 7 hours a night rather than my normal 9 or 10. What is strange about this is I don't become euphoric and energetic. My mood remains the same. I don't go on spending sprees and so on.
When I was depressed last winter I was very irritable. I felt that more than sadness. Usually I felt nothing except when I was suicidal for about two weeks.
I'm not sure what my diagnosis is. I really wish I knew.
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Could you ask your pdoc? If you don't have other BP symptoms, other than irritability, then it probably wouldn't qualify as hypo/mania. Could you check the dsm5 criteria? It used to be that you needed to meet more criteria if your mood was irritable and not euphoric, but I haven't looked much at the dsm5. Also it may be a possibility that you're just not so aware of your mood at times because of your ASD or because of dissociation due to stress, idk? Maybe ask someone close to you that you trust if your mood has ever seemed higher than usual?
*Willow*