hey guys! pretty much as the title says I need some help with a couple situations that have come up and im pretty clueless but care alot abt the relationship because shes a great girl. again im clueless so im very sorry if i say things that seem rude because of my lack of knowledge. So basically a friend with bipolar (lilly) said my girlfriend was likely faking some manic episodes, so first off is that a common thing? lilly said she used to do it alot. so for me to fully be there for my girlfriend i cant have something in the back of my head saying this is bs. so anyway heres the backstory. my gf went abt 6 months with no medicine and no manic episodes, until about 2 months ago she had brief mood swings a few times a day for a few days, then had a roughly 4 hour manic episode and a 2 hour depressive episode after that until she went to sleep. it happened again the next night again 4 hours manic and 2 depressed. then exactly the same the next night. then she was good for 2 weeks and then the exact same thing, 3 nights in a row she was 4 hours manic and depressive until i started crying, then she cared for me and got out of the sadness. then she started taking latuda (20mg a night for the first two weeks) and she had an episode in an AA meeting in a room full of 70 people (we had just had a very small argument and maybe she was stressed abt the people? could either cause this?) then she started 40mg latuda nightly and after a week of that she had another singular manic episode. she doesnt drink or do any drugs. i would never suspect the episodes are fake but lilly thought that maybe they are because “she wants me to come in and save the day” and because apparently mania takes days to build up to and apparently youre manic for days? and also because the episodes didnt start happening again until i was allowed to be in her life again (rehab counselors seperated us its a long story) anyway, all help is greatly appreciated, i figured asking for help is better than either always wondering if theyre real or asking her which would be really rude. thanks guys!