[BestKeptSecret]

I don't really know what I would be considered..my ex psychologist and therapist diagnosed me with depression. My girlfriend seems to think I'm bipolar. What are the symptoms of both? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[A Red Panda]

Mental Disorders & Conditions - DSM

Ta-da! It is a list of disorders. You can take a look at various ones and see if you think any fit you... but I would be more likely to trust a psychiatrist and therapist if you've seen them fairly recently. The only way to know is to go to see one and tell them everything.

Sometimes people who get diagnosed with bipolar go through the joys of ignoring bipolar and seeking treatment for depression. When you're depressed it's reallllly easy to deny/ignore any of the up times, and if it never gets talked about then no one could ever be diagnosed - and chances are people don't go to the psychiatrist for the first time while they're in a (hypo)manic episode.

[jesusplay]

if you don't know what you are seek professional help.

Don't let the internet diagnosis you please.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by A Red Panda

Mental Disorders & Conditions - DSM

Sometimes people who get diagnosed with bipolar go through the joys of ignoring bipolar and seeking treatment for depression. When you're depressed it's reallllly easy to deny/ignore any of the up times, and if it never gets talked about then no one could ever be diagnosed - and chances are people don't go to the psychiatrist for the first time while they're in a (hypo)manic episode.

That's how I got through the first 53 years of my life without being diagnosed. I never knew that the high-energy periods I loved so much were pathological until about my third visit to my psychiatrist.....I'd been very depressed, anxious, and agitated when I first went, and he wasn't at all sure I had bipolar until this particular appointment. I bounced into the office in blue eyeshadow, a bright turquoise top and gypsy skirt, and enormous hoop earrings.

He took one look at me and asked "Are we manic today?" Naturally I denied it, and naturally he pretended to believe me, but that firmly established my diagnosis in his mind.