Anxiety and Depression or Bipolar?

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Hello everyone,

I used to post here maybe 7 years a ago when I had a horrible bout with anxiety and depression. Fortunately I overcame alot of that and have since gotten married to an amazing wife and I have been doing alright.

I have always been an obsessive type. Either really into something or not into it at all. I have always had my hobbies that I love and get very into. This winter I started buying stuff just cause I thought it would make me feel good. This winter I spent way too much money collecting concert posters. I dont even really have them hanging up yet as I dont have room for them and my basement isn't finished yet. But I have kinda lost interest or the obsession of collecting them. I still like the idea that I have them and will hang them some day. I have moved on to collecting recorRAB. I have been buying a couple a week. Now I really do enjoy this hobby as I have always been very into music but i think I am overboard some times.

I dont go to therapy regularly anymore but I mentioned this to my therapist. And she for the first time mentioned that maybe I had mild bipolar disorder. Needless to say this flared up my anxiety for a couple days and freaked me out. She at first was saying maybe I should try Wellbutrin. Now she is not an MD so I would have to go to a Dr for a presription. I do not like to take too many drugs but I could use some relief.

I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions as this site helped me in the past.
 
I too just had a session with a therapist and I posed the question "do you think I am bipolar." I have moments of rage I told my therapist, when she asked if I went on crazy shopping sprees I told her that I hadn't but if I wanted something I wouldn't have any problem just going out and buying it. The last question she posed me was "do you have really outrageous ideas." I asked her for instance what she meant by outrageous, she told me for instance "have you ever said that you were leaving everything you had and wanted to move to Japan." Now I felt that was quite outrageous and told her that I don't have ideas of that nature. Do you have any outrageous ideas that you feel fit this criteria? I was hoping that I had bipolar instead of anxiety for I felt that if that were the case I would have an understanding of what is going on with me instead of this great unknown (anxiety). Hang in there bro.
 
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