Anyone comorbid with Bipolar disorder?

Just curious if anyone here has Bipolar disorder as well.

I haven't been officially diagnosed with anything. But reading about avoidant personality, I seem to fit very well in it. As for bipolar, I have several crisis of depression for years now and I have been hypomanic also (induced by an antidepressant). And it is consistent with the drugs they prescribe me (mostly antipsychotics).
Well, actually the closest thing I had to a diagnosis was my father (who is a doctor) telling me that I have a "chronic mood disorder" and that I must take the drugs accordingly.

i have a curiosity how mania and avpd could match? you would be alone in your home with hypomania?
how would you have disinhibition and avoidance at the same time? you are afraid what people think and are completely restrained but you are not afraid at all and you have no inhibitions at the same time?

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or you are avoidant only when you are depressed

julllia wrote:i have a curiosity how mania and avpd could match? you would be alone in your home with hypomania?
how would you have disinhibition and avoidance at the same time? you are afraid what people think and are completely restrained but you are not afraid at all and you have no inhibitions at the same time?

My hypomanic episode consisted on a week where, almost always in my home, I was in a state of huge euphoria, spent money stupidly, spent the whole day drawing and singing and neglected my studies and ended up failing two exams because of it. It did not involve being disinhibited, because I basically live isolated from the rest of the world and have no way of being disinhibited with anyone. Although with the few people I know (family), I became more disinhibited.

I'm avoidant 24/7 but especially during my down spells. I'm not diagnosed just curious, I have a lot of the symptoms but I totally am going to avoid the "these are my symptoms, please dx me" post.

Man these self diagnosing tests seem a tad silly sometimes but i did a bipolar test and it said i 100% had it which was odd and i think i absolutely have APD since i was suspicious i had it before i even did a test of it. In short i am self diagnosed for now but who knows maybe i think i will find out if i have both, one disorder or neither soon enough Who knows?, maybe i will get told i have a completly different personality disorder..

Though in my next meeting with my GP they are probably just gonna harp about me not taking antidepressants yet even though they prescribed them, It is fine though i have had no one around regularly to watch me for severe side effects and i have never taken them before. My depression and anxiety have gotten less intense anyway Oh by the way i talked to the GP when i got them prescribed to me and they were fine with me not starting on them anytime soon, this was just my random pessimistic thoughts that i typed up for some reason

So i don't advocate doing anything about your medication without consulting and listening to your GP.

ApprenticeOfGames wrote:Man these self diagnosing tests seem a tad silly sometimes but i did a bipolar test and it said i 100% had it which was odd and i think i absolutely have APD since i was suspicious i had it before i even did a test of it. In short i am self diagnosed for now but who knows maybe i think i will find out if i have both, one disorder or neither soon enough Who knows?, maybe i will get told i have a completly different personality disorder..

Though in my next meeting with my GP they are probably just gonna harp about me not taking antidepressants yet even though they prescribed them, It is fine though i have had no one around regularly to watch me for severe side effects and i have never taken them before. My depression and anxiety have gotten less intense anyway Oh by the way i talked to the GP when i got them prescribed to me and they were fine with me not starting on them anytime soon, this was just my random pessimistic thoughts that i typed up for some reason

So i don't advocate doing anything about your medication without consulting and listening to your GP.

Will do, thank you and good luck with your GP