We're getting into that fuzzy zone where psychiatrists et al. start talking about "soft" bipolar and "maybe this, maybe that"...sometimes we're not sure what to think! There seems to be debate over where to draw the lines in the DSM-V.

My psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar II. After reading up what I can, I think she's correct...or at least as correct as one is going to be, with the ambiguities in the definitions.

For me it's mostly about depression, but has always been more complicated than depression alone. I don't have much in the way of hypomania, but I do have some erratic upswings, and certainly overall mood instability.

I agree with Innerzone, the important thing is just finding treatment that works...just make me feel better!