Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum (I've posted in the anxiety forum before).

I was diagnosed with bipolarII last July and it's only now sinking in. I'm on Lamotrogine for it and as it seems not to be doing anything that I can tell as my depression, irritability, and anxiety (I suffer from a separate anxiety disorder) have become unmanageable. My doctor is putting me on a new (to me) SSRI today so fingers crossed.

I'm not sure why I said all that as I have just a simple question (my apologies). How do you differentiate a good mood from a hypomanic episode? I rarely feel happy so when I do, I can't help but wonder if I'm just happy or if it is a harbinger of something bad manifesting since happy can often lead to unwanted behaviour. Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

Thank you and kind regards,

S