When i was hospitalized in January of 2015, i was initially told i had paranoia and prescribed 1mg of risperidone.When i was transfered to another hospital, before anybody even spoke to me i was diagnosed bipolar, and they increased my risperidone to 3mg. I assume they just read my chart and gave me that diagnosis.
I have been diagnosed with ASD, and diagnosing bipolar with ASD can be hard to do from what i have read.
Before taking risperidone i would go from being irritable and quite with despair, to talkative and laughing within an hour or less, but irritability would dominate most of my time. I also could be irritable, angry and excitable at the same time, with an over inflated ego about myself.

Irritability being something found in people with bipolar and ASD, makes it hard to diagnose.

My doctor that i am stuck with, because i use the VA, says bipolar is diagnosed in people who can stay up all night in a manic way. I have never done this other than having a hard time falling asleep occasionally.
I feel much better since taking a neuroleptic, and don't have any irritability, except for a little since lowering my dosage.
No feelings of despair or hopelessness are with me anymore, along with over excitable moods either.

Any opinions on whether i am bipolar?

Thanks