I am thankful for everyone on here for the support. It helped me to not feel alone.

I completely agree that an accurate diagnosis is the key to getting on the right track. I am bipolar 1 and only recently diagnosed. It is good to know exactly what was happening to me. I was absolutely terrified that I was going crazy. However, I didn’t really reveal my manic episodes to my doctor until I started taking a new antidepressant in March and it sent me spiraling into such extreme mania that my doctor figured it out.