My pdoc is part of a big hospital and whenever you go there for anything you have to do computerized assessments of your symptoms related to whatever department you are seeing them for. I usually do depression and anxiety but sometimes it also sends me mania. I do not know how it determines what to look at but some computer algorithm I guess.

Anyway it has me look at the symptoms going back 2 weeks and not just how I'm feeling when I fill out the assessment. Maybe you could try doing that instead of just how you feel while making your list? If you are still having trouble maybe try doing the bipolar, anxiety, depression, psychosis tests on PC and see if that helps you see what is going on more easily (those are pretty much exactly what I do every month). They are fast to take and maybe would help give you insight into the time between visits?