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FWIW, I went in to see a mental health specialist for ADHD. Had all the classic symptoms.

Now it seems that I'm probably bipolar. I still have ADHD-like symptoms, but they're helped by the bipolar treatment I'm being given.

TIL "The" Ukraine is potentially offensive. And I did not know why I reflexively prepended it to Ukraine.

I assumed it was like "The Netherlands" when speaking about Dutch folks.

I'm here for a short bit - what's with all the Putin toilet paper?

So I was told by my mental health specialist that I'm probably bipolar.

What I was wondering is - can you be bipolar but have episodes that last only a few hours at most?

When I'd get angry or depressed, it wouldn't last real long, but seemingly longer than most folks and way more intense than the situation probably warranted. The person I'm seeing put me on generic Abilify and it seems to have blunted those feelings in a good way - I can get angry/sad/happy, but my emotions don't go to 100 and I calm down faster.

What's funny is that originally I went in to treat what I thought was really bad ADHD.