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Originally Posted by Elsewhere
My pdoc doesn't think I am bipolar (I have been seeing him for about 6 years, and I generally trust his opinion at this point), but I do have a great degree of irritability that my Ts have associated as being a symptom of my depression. Also I sometimes have racing thoughts (or thoughts that seem like they may be racing thoughts?) when I am incredibly anxious or overwhelmed. So for me it's all a combination of anxiety & depression. Oh, and also OCD.
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Thanks for your comments. I also have anxiety and OCD, along with recurrent depressive episodes...so maybe it's the same for me? I remember at one point describing to my T how I had so many thoughts in my head at one time, but I had just assumed that everyone was like that. And she was just like, "Uh, no." The OCD has been there since I was a little kid, anxiety starting in adolescence (though I've always been a worrier).
I mostly was wondering about bipolar II because one of the main defining features was that the first bout of depression was before age 21 (or maybe 18?) and that there were multiple recurrences of it. And then some descriptions of hypomania rang true for me, like irritability, distractability, colors seeming brighter/nature seeming more beautiful, etc. And being less careful about spending (but nothing to the level of what's described for full mania). Plus I've had some negative reactions to fairly low doses of SSRIs, like agitation. And worse mental health reactions to SNRIs like Cymbalta, which apparently tends to happen in people with bipolar II.
But maybe it is just part of the depression/anxiety/OCD?