Hi Claire,

A bipolar diagnosis is a tricky one, It can take years for a doctor to finally diagnose it. I was finally diagnosed at 23 last year after dealing with mental health issues since 15. Everyone's bipolar disorder is different, I like to think of it kind of like a spectrum. My mania is definitely more mild as opposed to severe, which is why it took so long for me to get a diagnosis. My mania is now kind of irritability, high anxiety, and then some euphoria, which typically does not last long. I used to have moderate mania before I went on medications, so I guess you can call this my "modified" mania since It has become more mild with the medications. Are you on any medications right now? When I was a younger it was the antidepressants that triggered mine. Did you start to experience these symptoms while taking the anti-depressants. This played a large role in getting my diagnosis.