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generally with bipolar you get really high highs (ie in some cases you can go for an entire week not sleeping and feeling as though you are on top of the world as per my exroomate) and really low lows, which generally last alot longer than a few days.

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That is generally true for most bipolars. However, there is such a thing as 'rapid cycling' where you experience the mood swings much faster. Also, when you're in the 'up' phase, it may not be euphoria, good feelings, etc, like you hear about. You can actually swing between periods of severe anxiety & irritability, down to depression, fatigue, etc. (I had a dr once who thought I 'might' be bipolar.) That's the type where there's no real upside. I always said I wouldn't mind being bipolar so much if I got the mania, the energy & giddiness. Instead I got just irritable & anxious, restless, couldn't sit still.
Turns out, I don't believe I actually have bipolar, I'm just a grumpy, irritable gal who suffers from anxiety AND depression. (Not to mention the IBS...hmm, which came first, the chicken or the egg??)

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Shelli - Wife & stay at home mom to 1 son, 1 dog & 2 parrots! IBS-A, usually C.


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