Curious to see if anyone has been diagnosed with both ADHD and bipolar 1 or 2. I am diagnosed with bipolar 2, as well as BPD and highly suspect ADHD as well. I spoke with my psychiatrist who I thought could give me an official diagnosis for ADHD but she referred me to get a more in depth assessment thru more specialized ppl. She seems mostly hesitant to add another medication on top of lamictal especially since stimulant adhd meds like adderall can create hypomania/mania symptoms. She has also mentioned a lot of overlap of ADHD symptoms with bipolar symptoms, but it’s frustrating hearing that after spelling out what I think are very clearly ADHD symptoms mostly because there just seems to be hesitation to prescribe more meds. Also I’ve developed a loot of coping skills to manage what I believe are adhd symptoms overtime without fully understanding what I was doing, and she said that’s another reason why she can’t fully diagnose me bc I can “manage”. But if I need to develop extra skills that otherwise neurotypical ppl don’t have to worry abt then why wud that negate a diagnosis ? I don’t fully understand the logic of this and is frustrating bc I have to take extra steps to pursue a diagnosis that may or may not work out. Does anyone have insight on being double diagnosed?