for me, it's hard to tell if my hyperactivity at times is a mood episode or the result of the ADHD. the ADHD can look like a mixed episode (what for me equals a mixed episode) or a hypomania.

right now, for example, i'm majorly unmotivated and procrastinating. however, in other aspects, i just get out there. i won't do the dishes but i will run like a loon around the neighborhood high school's track. i have all this undirected energy.

it's also weird because i haven't really had a good night's sleep for 2 weeks.

i think it's a hypomania mixed with an aggravation of ADHD. sometimes, Adderall XR 30mg just doesn't seem to fully control the ADHD and i need to just focus on focusing myself instead, do things in baby steps, and try to just get through it. i'm not sure why the brain fog comes, etc.

any thoughts? what have been your experiences being bipolar with ADHD?

Hi I was diagnosed with bipolar2 approx 2 .5 years ago...just 2 weeks ago a diiferent psych had an inkling i might have Adult ADHD(since I've been stuck in a stubbborn depression for the last 4 months..and have never responded either at all./ or badly to all kinds of antidepressants.. i take lamogine. some seroquel and the odd valim asBack to the adhd;....it is quite diff from childhood adhd and again different from men to women.Childhood adhd is well known do its mostly overlooked in adults..anyway it seems bad bbuut.. in a way the diagnoses axplain alot about parts of my personality that dont fit into the bipolar box.

I've been on the new drug ritalin for a little over 2 weeks and I'm amazed about its positive effects...

I have been considering this about myself the past couple of months. My pdoc hasn't quite diagnosed me Bipolar II, however it is stated as a "possibility". There are days when I think he is right. There are other days where it just dosent make sense.

I take 50mg of seroquel at bedtime and its working great for my sleep, I have never slept so good in all my life. I have been having problems in the daytime however.

I have found myself in this low "i dont know what to do with myself" mood at least 8 months (at least that's when i became aware of it myself). I find I can't concentrate the way I want to at work, and socially. When i start work, with the mental intent to concentrate on it, within 20 minutes I find myself surfing the web, heck, working on other stuff I shouldn't be working on at that point, and wanting to be anywhere but doing what I am doing at that point. It also extends into my social life. A friend of mine and fellow bi-polar sufferer listened to me one night describe how I get some days and he basically said that it sounded like I was really manic. What happens, I'll go someplace, to a friends, and as soon as i get there, I want to be somewhere else. To appear slightely normal, I will force myself to stay there for a bit, then leave. As soon as I leave I can kick myself for leaving, because then I want to go back. Repeat this about 3 times an evening, after my un-concentrated day at work, and you have my life basically.

Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? My doctor has me on Celexa (citalopram)20mg right now at my request for this constant low mood it feels I am in, but could this be a form of ADHD?

This post has been edited by ChrystalR: Nov 11 2009, 10:05 AM

Webmd had a great article on explaining the diffrence between biploar and add I wish i could paste the link here that's not allowed