NLD and Early Onset Bipolar Disorder

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I was recently diagnosed by a psychiatrist with Bipolar Type II, and he said it may have been early-onset and could be causing my previous DX of Nonverbal Learning Disorder (visual-spatial learning disorder that also shares elements with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome but is less severe than the latter). Anyone heard of this? I'm always getting lost, and my fine motor skills are s**t. I was skeptical till I saw this study kind of support some things my psychiatrist said: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21086134

Is it even possible, or is it just false hope? My family history tests positive for bipolar type I, depression, and superior verbal abilities, but not as extreme a gap as mine.

tyrion,
see a ASD specialist,someone experienced in seeing ASD in the age group are in.
mental health specialized pyschs are useless for ASD,even mild ASD woud be recognised in the young toddler age group by unbiased parents/teachers etc looking back,just a personal opinion but am not even of the belief bipolar is possible as a child because their neurobiology acutely swings all over the place and even NTs lack the control of what they feel/think then.
pyschs are far to quick to stick pyschiatry labels on kids to medicalise stuff they woud have been learning to understand and cope with in the nineties and earlier.