I can only speak from personal experience.

Because I believe you have asked a great question!

I have both GAD and BP and really they present differently. I'm not sure how to explain.

My feeling of anxiety is pretty much constant.

But it can be exacerbated during an episode.

It's much worse during depression.

Because at certain times during mania all my "general" anxiety disappears.

There are certain criteria; a minimum one must meet out the DSM in order for a diagnosis of BP to occur.

I just can't say on the basis of what you have written in the post if, in my personal (and certainly far from professional opinion) if what you have described may be very mild hypomania.

I simply do not know.

I hope that you find the answers that you seek.