Hey. Welcome.
It sounds hypomanicy to my non-credentialed layman self. But from what I have read I think AD induced mania disqualifies a dx of bipolar in the DSM (?). Which doesn't really mean **** bc they just put people in these boxes based on symptoms and give it a disorder name. I think it's all on a spectrum.
My one pdoc tried to convince me that if you get manic on an AD it is just the bipolar that was already there coming out. Which sounds like BS to me personally. I may have been hypomanic at other times but not totally sure. So I don't know what name to give my problems. MDD? BP?
All I know is that when a doctor added a mood stabilizer I started to feel better.
Whatever is going on with you, it doesn't sound like the AD is helping. I would go back to your doctor for guidance on what to do. Not sleeping can cause **** to go downhill fast... I'd watch the drinking and drug use, too.
Good luck. Be safe.
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