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Originally Posted by TBI/PTSD
Bizi I know it sounds silly to know remember which bipolar I am I or II, but I figured it doesn't really matter. I have it all written down in my paperwork and I can find out but I always forget. I do have depression, most of the time. Sometimes anxiety WITH depression, sometimes (seldom) I am super manic.
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Hi, TBI/PTSD,
Basically, having been manic puts one in the Bipolar I category even though one might feel depressed most of the time.
It does not matter that much about exact diagnosis.
(But do not take my word for it because others disagree.)
With treatment I am Bipolar II --mostly depressed. . . . although the anxiety often is stronger than the depression.
Without treatment or with poor treatment I was sometimes mixed
http://pro.psychcentral.com/2013/dsm...s/004312.html#
(Mixed is more likely to cause suicides that any other type of bipolar.)
The DMS IV had mixed as a clear cateagory.
The DSM 5 has moved mixed to "with mixed modifiers:"
http://pro.psychcentral.com/2013/dsm...s/004312.html#
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Instead, a new specifier, “with mixed features,” has been added, according to the APA, that can be applied to episodes of mania or hypomania when depressive features are present. It can also be applied to episodes of depression — such as in the context of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder — when features of mania/hypomania are present.
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I got diagnosed in the late 1980's when pdocs were still working with two types of of bipolar -- adult and pediatric.
Later, no pdoc re-named my version. (I get very agitated and energetic in ways that go so much beyond anxiety.)
Current pdoc probably has decided on a diagnosis based on one 30-minute session but that is o.k. with me.
He can call me whatever he wants as long as he gets the meds right.
Mari