Bipolar meltdowns or not?

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I did meltdown a couple days ago after someone yelled at me, but other than that I'm SO MUCH BETTER after my doctor gave up trying SSRIs and adding Lamictal. And it wasn't my husband, I improved before he was hospitalized. Now I miss him...

Now it seems my meltdowns were bipolar in origin. But bipolar meltdowns usually happen during manic episodes and I melted down all the time so I'm confused.

But aspie... I still have bad social skills and special interests...

And so many people have called me aspie over the years, though I'm told bipolar is my disability, autism testing would be a waste of time.

You can also have people trigger your unresolved emotions,that have not been dealt with from the past.

Hence,they can resemble a meltdown.

These emotions such as anger,resentment,frustration etc,can stem from childhood on wards,where we put these unresolved emotions on the back of our minds and move on.

These emotions need to be integrated,as soon as they arise,rather than put on the back burner and at the back of our minds once again.

Not saying it is in your case,but all the same something else to consider.

If it's not a bipolar meltdown, then perhaps an Autistic meltdown --- or just a "normal" meltdown, you are under a lot of stress right now.

My manic episodes are caused strictly by medications, so although I am very moody (lack of emotional regulation), during my ASD assessment, Bipolar was removed. However, Learning Disability and General Anxiety were added. I recently asked my psych about an issue: is it Anxiety, ASD, PTSD, what? He said it didn't matter, just take steps to cope with the situation. I don't know, like you I feel like it matters, that I want to figure it out...

Thinking of you in this difficult time.