At the end of a meeting with my Dr. (3rd meeting with her), she ask me a few questions that my last Dr. never asked, then gave me a handout on Bipolar Disorder, and thought it was a *possibility*. Currently, i've been diagnosed with major depression, anxiety disorders, and panic disorders.

After reading the information, and scouring the net, the depression part is easy, definitely have it. The manic part is the issue. I NEVER have euphoric highs, but I do consistently get the racing brain, moving from one thing to another, not able to sit still, inability to concentrate on one thing at a time, irritability, things of that nature.

I have a feeling I don't quite fit in to the "Bipolar Disorder" category. A few followups might help me to figure that out. I've looked at the criteria, and since I haven't had any euphoric highs, i'm right on the verge of it being BD. My question though, even if I technically don't have BD, I wonder if some of the BD meds would help with the symptoms that I do have that are the same as BD symptoms, in addition to my anti-depressants. Seems a bit illogical to think that because I hit 3 out of 5, i'm not Bipolar, so the meds wouldn't work on those 3. Make sense?