Hello, I am new to socialnetworking sites and new to pc. I joined up on Sunday. This is my first post to bipolar forum.

I need help understanding bipolar II. Until today for the past 8 years i have been mdd as a diagnosis. This morning my psychiatrist changed the dx to bipolar ii. Not only that, i got sent home. no driving for awhile because my attention is undependable. so a few days off from work for me. they're probably glad i'm not there "pinging" here and "pinging" there. A N D when i got home there was a letter for me from the county police department, i got a "citation" (they said *not* a ticket). But the "citation" cost me $75 for running through a red light. I was speeding in the picture too. No picture of me, it is my car that was actually cited. I have stressors of divorce, finances, a brain lesion, and living alone for the first time in my 45 year old life. But the agitation snuck up on me. I usually feel states develop. It seems at work i can't shut up and i am driving them crazy. *now* they tell me after i went in and said i was being sent home for a few days. The doc says i can't trust my judgement to tell if i can drive so i had someone take me home. Not an easy task when i work 45 minutes away from home. I have a v e r y good friend, my only friend. I'm glad i have her. I dont' know what i am going to do on monday. there is no one from here that works in the area i do so no car pools and there is no public transportation. I am so frustrated. I usually can tell if i'm bouncing off the walls or i'm irritable. It seems i am right now too much of both. crap. luckily very luckily my job is salary so no problem missing work. it's a contract job with no benefits so i just have to make up the hours over the next few weeks. IF i get back to work. I am supporting myself. I HAVE to work. I need my apartment.