Confused, Confused, Confused-Diagnosis

I am so mixed up right now. I am diagnosed with Bipolar and OCD. I was never told which type of Bipolar, just that it was the type that is "like ADD." When I read the descriptions I think that I fit the type more of a type 1. However, I am questioning whether Bipolar is the accurate diagnosis. My main issue is that I suffer from extreme anxiety. I am anxious a majority of the time. Sometimes I don't even know why I am anxious...I'll just kind of feel uneasy and uptight. The anxiety can and does impact my mood and that can result in either extreme highs where I have racing thoughts that lead to sometimes sleepless nights and overactivity, or extreme lows when I get frustrated and depressed because the anxiety interferes with my life and makes me feel so uptight and cruddy at times. My moods can change rapidly at times but can also change gradually at times...it varies. I know that in Borderline Personality Disorder a person's moods can change extremely rapidly but I don't have the borderline personality disorder aspect of relationship instability and fear of abandonment, nor the chronic feelings of emptiness/loneliness that is characteristic of BPD. I also score better on self-esteem assessments which is also contrary to BPD. I frequently feel overloaded by all that goes on around me...the sights, sounds, etc. I also have a difficult time with being touched especially when I am very anxious and may even snap/yell at someone if they touch me when I am on-edge/overloaded. Is it possible that I have bipolar even though the mood swings are a result of the anxiety?

Or is the axiety caused by BP?
Egg or the chicken question.
Sometimes I get confused that if I'm manic and every little thing bothers me and I snap is it the circumstance that made me snap or is it my bipolar making me vulnerable to the things that bother me and puts me in the frame of mind that every little bothers me? Hope u find out let me kniw.

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I have huge issues with anxiety but I still have bipolar. I didn't think I had anxiety. I had learned to deal with the feeling of being ripped apart and thought it was CP related. OCD causes tons of anxiety. I would suggest talking to your doctor and therapist about your diagnosis.

HopeforCure, you are definitely not alone. I could have written most of your post. All I can say is, it sounds like you're describing mixed-state rapid-cycling bipolar, with anxiety and ocd thrown into the mix. At least, that's what my diagnosis seems to be and your description sounds like my own. I wish I could be of more help to you. I'm so tried of all of this.