I was being treated for BP by two doctors, third one side I was depressed and tried to take me off the trileptal. Bad mistake, moods started going crazy! Very irritable to say the least...eventually found another doctor who kept the BP diagnosis and put me back on my regular dosage. It's hit or miss with most docs. Also many people with BP have an initial diagnosis of major depression anyway. As others have mentioned, treat the symptoms and don't focus too much on the diagnosis, but if you're still curious research about bipolar symptoms (and not just random articles on google).