winging'it, I think you've nailed it, the DSM is ever changing. There is the phrase Bipolar Spectrum, which is coming much more strongly into use and it means there is a range between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 11 and we don't necessarily sit neatly into 1 or 11 - we can sit somewhere along it - and even change within that over time - and of course while meds asre great for us they obscure diagnoses. That certianly makes sense for me, as my presentation over a long period of time has included manifestations of both 1 and 11. I'm like anybody, I want clear diagnoses on Bipolar as well the other mental illnesses I have, but it's a moving feast and I want to divest myself of labels - the labels themselves have destroyed my life as much as the illnesses themselves. (Of course I haven't ey acheived divesting myself of labels- they very mich define my life - it's just aspirational!! lol)