I started getting behind at work. I was always on top of my reports and case loads. My emails were full unread, voicemails full and some of my reports started being sent back to me!? I just did not know what was going on. My moods were up and down. I thought I had ADD. I tried to get back on my A game at work. I would start one assignment them put it down and start another before finishing the other. Then I had to answer the phone and return calls. For a few days I would come in and do as much as I could. Well I got called into the hot box. I had just had a surgery so I was just getting back into the office. Once they started telling me it was noticed I was falling behind and it wasn't like me....what's up? I had a melt down in the conference room. I cried and told them something was wrong with me and I had no clue what it was. That I was going to make an appt with my doctor. Now I did work at a health insurance company and I was employed as a mental health social worker....but still does not mean there really going to care. So I went to my primary then was sent to a DO. They said I had adjustment disorder. That my stressful work environment was causing all my symptoms. I was given a antidepressants Celexa which made me get worse. I was put on work leave. I started therapy and I told my therapist that I was going to get another opinion bc I know I do not have adjustment disorder. I've been away from work and I'm getting worse. She agreed with the diagnosis. I told her i was sure I had ADD bc my son has ADD/ADHD. I would have sessions with her and I would be on fire. I would be mad at the world. Looking back I was so manic it was unreal. I did get a second opinion and that's when I found out I had BP1. I later had a talk with the therapist manager. I was able to read my chart notes. She had a note that I came in her office in a manic like state. I asked her manager why did the therapist not discuss that with me and my primary so we could reevaluate things? We concluded the antidepressant flipped me into mania bc I did not have a mood stabilizer to go with it. No I do not have ADD but yes the symptoms are very similar. I really thought I was the only person that thought ADD first....