Brandon shares his personal experience having a co-occurring diagnosis of Autism and Bipolar. We review similarities and differences of the two diagnoses and what it’s like to live with them. We emphasize the importance of digging beneath the surface of outward symptoms as clinicians to ensure appropriate understanding and diagnosis.

Bipolar self-screening: https://www.sadag.org/images/pdf/mdq.pdf

Works cited:

Dell’Osso, L., Carpita, B., Bertelloni, C. A., Diadema, E., Barberi, F. M., Gesi, C., & Carmassi, C. (2019). Subthreshold autism spectrum in bipolar disorder: Prevalence and clinical correlates. Psychiatry Research, 281, 112605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112605