i know how you feel! i was diagnosed for a year with only depression and anxiety. it wasn't until i was hospitalized did they finally see i am bipolar. best thing to do is tell your doctor or counselor every feeling you have. one of the big ones that you can tell if you have mania is if your always parnoid. if talking to your doctors still doesn't help, then you might need to find a knew doctor. if you truely believe you have the symptoms of bipolar disorder, depression and mania, you are probably right cause you are the only one who knows how you feel.

i was diagnosed 6 years ago and the year before, i was hospitalized and diagnosed as o.d.d and was only put thru counseling it took a court order to get me hospitalized again in 2002 and then i was finally diagnosed as bipolar 1 and adhd. what i would say is write down how you are feeling or get a moodtracker online print it out and fill it out every day then at the end of the month or whatever take it to your doctor

Thank You Guys for replying and giving my your advise, it is really useful for me and i will definitely use all of what you both said.
Beth you are right that i'm the only one who knows how i feel and i have talked to my therapist and consultant about me being constantly paranoid mostly everyone who knows me knows i'm constantly paranoid. I'm currently in hospital and have been for the last 4months 12 days nearly 13. I just dont know what to do anymore.
I will definitely follow the advise you've both given me.
Thanks!!
xoxox

wow, you are in an adolescent psychiatric unit, or more of a residential place?i'm surprised they're allowing you to use the computer.anyway i know how you feel.i've always had a feeling that i may be bipolar II, with the hypomania, but i never really brought it up to any of my doctors.it wasn't until my 3rd hospitalization, got out the 15th, that i was diagnosed with bipolar.and now im on lithium and lamictal to help it.and also, ask your doctor to evaluate you for bipolar.even though it seems as if they keep dismissing it, tell them it will make you feel better if you knew for sure and were evaluated for it.and goodness girl, why are they keeping you there so long?i honestly wish i could be in a place like you're in, that keeps you for long term care.i just want to get away from my same ole' environment and even the social worker at the hospital i was at just now thinks i need to be in a long term care place.idk, if you want to message me and tell me more about it that would be cool.i hope your doctors will listen to you and help you crack down on the situation.

You can request an EEG.Since Bi-Polar is an actual disorder they will be able to see the difference in brainwaves.Thats how they proved to me I was Bi-Polar because I was in denial and refused to take medications because I didn't believe them.But when they showed me my EEG results,I clearly saw the difference.