It's easy to see a list of symptoms and twist it in a way that fits your situation. Nothing is black and white with bipolar or any mental illness. Stop trying to fit a square into a circle and focus on addressing symptoms vs finding a clean cut diagnoses. Labels are not badges to be worn. For many, myself Included, they are a hard pill to swallow. Tbh you are making a mockery of people with bipolar (whether that includes you or not).

My point is you will never neatly fit a diagnoses to a perfect T. That is where everyone gets the feeling you look like a typical hypochondriac. I'd get a therapist and the two of you can figure out what pay off you are getting from being so extreme be it attention seeking or legitimate fears. What ever the case lose the attitude with your supposed peers. It's very unbecoming and frankly a little pathetic to watch.