Hi Shootingstar, welcome to PC! Bipolar is a very wide spectrum. Here in the UK they give a diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder very tentatively. I was actually misdiagnosed several years ago, but unfortunately I had my first episode of hypomania last year and they called this "a waking diagnosis". Even so, I am on Lamictal (mood stabiliser) and an anti depressant (I was given a whole cocktail of different ones for 11 years previously to treat depression).

Good luck with the psychiatrist - as was said above write everything down and take your time, you will be fine.

best wishes