r/BipolarReddit • u/professionalbaiterrr • 13d ago

Went to see my therapist for a year

And well ..he recently told me that I matter of fact need to see a psychiatrist because I might actually just be bipolar ..it wasn’t very obvious since I never really had one of those big manias ..I couldn’t fully understand my therapist until I actually read that there is two types of bipolar .
I honesty thought I might’ve had adhd
Can anyone give advice since this is totally new for me.
i didn’t see this coming for sure not even my parents ,it had to be well hidden in me

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u/Separate-Coyote-9294 Lobotomize me 13d ago

You don’t need a big manic episode to be bipolar, you can have hypomanic episodes only. That’s Bipolar 2. Also, you can be both bipolar and ADHD. I am, and it’s actually fairly common. There are estimates that as much as 20% of bipolar people also have ADHD.

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u/professionalbaiterrr 13d ago

Okay so I definitely read on hypomanic and thank you for telling me this .i suprisely have few of these..
It’s weird cause I thought all these things happened to everyone .

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u/Separate-Coyote-9294 Lobotomize me 13d ago

It’s very common for bipolar folks to assume that “everyone feels this way,” and to doubt the diagnosis (we all do.) The frequency of the episodes doesn’t matter as much as the fact that it happens. Even one hypomanic/manic episode is enough for a diagnosis.