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I won't say that you're not suffering. I'm sure you are. However, by definition, Bipolar I is the more severe form of the disease because it includes MANIA, which is more severe and generally more disabling and dangerous than HYPOmania.
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True but... in BPII the depressions tend to be more often and more dangerous than in BPI...
In studies looking at time off work due to illness BPI and II were remarkably similar its just the patterns of illness were different... BP II patients on average spend a lot less time in a "normal" mood than BP I... I will conceed that in one study that I read on relative risks of suicide, there was a slightly increased risk with BP I compared to II, however it was not statistically significant...
But this doesn't mean that the change in your illness hasn't made your individual BP "more severe" or had a profound effect on your life.