Does it really matter which type you are? I could be wrong, but is the treatment really that different? Whenever I read about the two different types I don't feel like I squarely fit into either category but I'm definitely bipolar. There is still a lot they don't know and I always just figured that my kind of bipolar is either unique or undiscovered.

In case it does matter the only logical explanations are that you were mis-diagnosed, something changed with age or it's related to recent trauma.

I am sorry about the messed-up events and crappy hospitalization, I've been there and it is just totally unfair and really sucks. I often write about it and it makes me feel better.