Comorbidities or Misdiagnoses...
I've posted here before but it's been a while. My girlfriend had a major episode about 3 months into our relationship but that resolved after a few weeks. We had it pretty good for about 3 months but she was starting to get really rough again. She started yelling at me for almost nothing, she was always assuming that I was saying something negative even if I wasn't. She has been aggressive and sensitive for a while.
The other day we had driven across the state to look at a rental property to move into. throughout the day she escalated a few times but I managed to calm her effectively. By the end of the night we were driving home and I finally snapped. I had said something perfectly pleasant to her and she started yelling and accusing me of pressuring her with what she was doing.
my main concern is that I think she might either not be bipolar or that she has some intense comorbidities. She broke up with me again, and I'm starting to think she is in a more frequent negative state than bipolar would suggest. I think she might have borderline personality disorder and intense CPTSD either alongside bipolar or instead of.
Her sensitivity never seems to end. Her anger comes out in frequent waves. She has worse times and better times but they seem to be more driven by environment or events instead of a bipolar cycle. I'm not sure yet though. This is only her second major episode that I've seen.