Thanks for sharing this story, @RoxanneToto. I can certainly believe this happening. Such stories are not very common, but far from unheard of. It's a strange mysterious connection that I think has perplexed many psychiatrists. I had three that suspected a connection between my bipolar disorder and Simple Partial seizures. I've got to admit that though my bipolar disorder type 1 is a certainty, the seizure dx remains "not definitive". These symptoms I experienced were not constants in my bipolar disorder, though. I've long since had many bipolar episodes without "odd" additional symptoms, or at least none as notable as during an approximately three year period in my mid to late 30s. Since an anticonvulsant moodstabilizer (carbamazepine ER) seemed to end or ease that period, we moved on from it. Actually, I did mostly. My old psychiatrist was disappointed that I refused further testing for it. They wanted me to stay in the hospital for a 6-day EEG, removing most of my medications. My husband and I decided to refuse.

I'm sorry about the loss of your adoptive dad. I lost my mom prematurely, too.