This reflects my experience exactly. But humorously, I have beeen diagnosed with both Bipolar 1 and also by another doctor as Bipolar 11. So someone suggested to me recently that I'm Bipolar one and a half!! lol All these name of illnesses are arbitrary anyway - the next DSM could have us classed with a whole new illness!! What's most important is that we get the right meds for whatever it is that ails us.