I just got Dxed with Bipolar 2. It's kind of a difficult thing to catch and diagnose. Reading Marya Hornbacher's Madness gave me a hint that something else was wrong and my father was a Bipolar I.

Some stuff that I notice about me:

1) My depressions are SUPER ROTTEN BAD. Like can't leave the house, always suicidal and just plain horrid.

2) I get into these hypomania things that I find super annoying.
a) I spend more money. Not to the point of HOLY CRAP, but luckily I was able to catch myself and think "Holy crap, I better get a hold on this before super bad stuff happens.
b) I get SUPER irritable and have snapped at my husband for stupid reasons. I always apologize, but I am pretty upset that it gets to that point.
c) I do this stupid multiple busy work. I start a bunch of stuff, nothing gets done and then that's when the irritable happens.
d) Racing thoughts. It's like some smartarse decided to turn the tennis ball pitching machine on full blast and I can't hit all the balls with the racket.

Still deciding on what other meds to use other than the Cymbalta I am on now.

I just hope I don't wind up with Bipolar I the way my father had. =( That would be scary and awful.