It is so hard to put a simple outline on what qualifies as a symptom of BP. It's tricky to diagnose... for one each person expresses symptoms in a different way. Second, bipolar symptoms are on a spectrum, from severe depression to severe mania and everything in between. there are different types of BP - BP I (full blown manic episodes) and BP II (depression and hypomania without full blown manic episodes), as well as other mood disorders, such as dysthymia (a milder form of depression, where a sad mood persist fro two years without manic or hypomanic episodes, and without more than two months without the symptoms) and cyclothymia (which is a milder version of bipolar where the mood swing from dysphoric to hypomanic, without have any episodes of full blown mania or depression in between).

Has your therapist given you more details about why he/she thinks you have BP? Have you seen a psychiatrist? Are you on any meds?

I think a good way to help yourself find what current symptoms you may present is to keep a mood journal. You can always email me (Annhertel@gmail.com) if you want to ask questions in more detail. Feel free to look at my own personal journal entries and bipolar articles (on my blog page), you may find that they help you with more information and you may be able to relate to some of my symptoms. Some of the things I write are in the midst of an emotional cycle so the words are very true to the symptom I am expressing at that time.