Hey guys thanks for your replies. I went to group and didn't tell her I was going.

The group is a self referring group that caters for the whole of my area. I live in a city. It's brand new only been going 2 years. We have 2 facilitators who are volunteers and both have studied Psychology yo Master degrees at the local Uni. We get roughly 20 people each month but have had 30 previously we go in dribs and drabs. We run for 2 hours (7-9pm). There isn't enough resources to be split. We introduce ourselves if new people are there. Hear important info for the coming months like guest speakers etc. Then we go around and say our pit (negative) and peak (positive) of the month. If no speakers are in we then have about an hour or so to talk about anything bipolar related. Like meds or therapy etc. The facilitators are really good and will keep you on topic etc but are also good at offering advice. Like last night we were talking about emotions and looked to them to tell us if non bipolar people ever feel like this so we could compare notes. At the end of the 2 hours we go around saying if there is anything we are looking forward to in the upcoming month.

My friend.... She says she was diagnosed by a Psychologist. Now in my country it's a Psychiatrist who would diagnose you would be referred to the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) wait like 2-4 minths for a Psychiatrist. Get your diagnosis then be under the Mental Health Team as an outpatient. Where she got diagnosed was at a centre for Psychology. So I thought maybe she got confused by the names so explained who they were and for an hour was like yeah a Psychologist diagnosed me. I got frustrated and kinda went a bit mental and she then said no a Psychiatrist was there in her session with the Psychologist. This would not happen. I have spoke to mental health professionals and they sided with me. Hey GP has apparently referred her to CMHT but then said to her 2 weeks later I've upped your med so see how you go then I'll refer you to CMHT. I confronted her and she denies saying this. I'm confused. Also things she says I don't believe. Like she says she got her Mum sectioned under the mental health act when she was 5 and 10 years old. Spoke to a friend who's a social worker and she said thus would never happen. To get someone sectioned you have to be an adult or at least 16 years old. I was like yeah I thought so. She had family members here ie her Dad. So he would of had a say in it.

As for her diagnosing me she's not a mental health profession so in any capacity. She says I'm Schizophrenic cause I guess you would say I'm in Psychosis as I hearing, seeing things and talking to people I see when I'm on my own. Rather than saying to me get it checked out by my team she's went straight for Schizophrenia. She made me call the crisis team a few months back cause I was manic and when people say that I'm like I must be ill I'm not very independent I need people to have my back if I'm ill. So I called up and was told I sound fine. I said I thought I was but a friend said I needed to call up.

Lastly.... I am a Befriender for a mental health charity. I have done it 5 years. She has known this and gas never once said she thinks it would be ideal for her. A month ago she sent me a message saying can you help with setting me in the right direction with Befriending. I thought she meant to volunteer. Then she said no it's for me. I was like oh right I don't really think you need it. She got a bit defensive. I said Befriending is for people who are socially isolated. Ironically I'm in this category now as my anxieties are making leaving the house impossible and I have nothing other than an appointment weekly that I go to. I'm socially isolated but I don't think I need this support. My other friends would disagree though. She works full time and travels nearly an hour both ways 6 days a week to work. She also volunteers her time once a week working with young girls. How is she isolated. I explained this to her and she got upset with me. My friends think she's looking for attention. She had a meeting the other day with the Befriending service and will be matched up to a Befriender soon. I don't get it. Either she's lying to people about her situation or I'm very cynical.

Either way I'm massively confused about how well I'm actually doing. What is going on with her. What's right and what's not.

My actual friends are both in professional roles (Social Worker and Nurse) so I can trust them btw.