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Old Jan 26, 2020, 07:36 AM
FluffyDinosaur FluffyDinosaur is offline
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All I can say is what you're describing sounds very similar to some of my own experiences. What you call agitated depression sounds similar to the symptoms I get during mixed episodes, and the hypomanic symptoms you describe are recognizable to me as well. When I was first learning to recognize my symptoms I found this table to be useful because it contains (to me) very recognizable descriptions: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/sit...PSY0918_07.jpg .


Even the fear that you're somehow "faking it" or exaggerating is something I've struggled with, and still do sometimes between episodes (the doubt usually quickly disappears when I'm in the middle of an episode). I'm diagnosed bipolar 2. If you've withheld information then your previous diagnoses may well be inaccurate. Based on what you've described I definitely would not rule out bipolar.
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*Beth*