Is this a common feeling?

The doctor I’ve been seeing has been musing that I may have bipolar 2. Admittedly, I don’t know much about it, but I’m trying to learn more. Unfortunately, I have to find a new doctor because I’m moving out of state, which is going to be a process I’m sure.

My question is… is it normal to feel such big emotions with bipolar 2? Before she put me on Lamictal, I would experience varying levels of like 3-4 emotions a day such as: sadness, anger, anxious, happy. It was exhausting. Now I’m on Lamictal and Effexor and I am much better regulated but my emotions feel blunted. I feel detached from people in my life that I mentally know I love. I’m a bit defeated because I don’t know how to manage all these feelings but still be me. It’s like I’m basically operating on autopilot based on what I used to feel and not what I currently feel.