This weeks topic is all about bipolar disorder and why ADHD often gets misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder. Tracy posted a simple question in her , HAVE YOU BEEN MISDIAGNOSED WITH BI-POLAR DISORDER? She was shocked at how many women had been and so she decided to research the subject. You’ll learn: When bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed What symptoms bipolar disorder and ADHD often share What bipolar disorder actually is The DSM requirements to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder Why bipolar disorder can’t be ignored and must be treated What mania is What hypomania is What the symptoms of a major depressive episode are What the greates risk of bipolar disorder is The different types of bipolar disorder The difference between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 What the difference is between episodic and contextual emotional changes How sleep looks different in ADHD vs. Bipolar Disorder How uncontrollable talking and distractibility looks different in ADHD vs. Bipolar Disorder How emotional sensitivity looks different in ADHD vs. Bipolar Disorder How Bipolar Disorder looks different than ADHD in kids specifically around emotion If a diagnosis of ADHD makes you more likely to also have Bipolar Disorder If a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder makes it more likely that you’ll also have ADHD Why it’s so difficult to get an accurate diagnosis of bipolar disorder The link between Bipolar Disorder and Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in kids If a fiery intense temper is indicitive of ADHD That bipolar disorder is linked to the creative and artistic temperament and intelligence. Why heightened creativity or artistry only happens in hypomania and what part of the brain is involved in this