My aunt is a psychiatrist and she and my mom were talking about whatever the heck I have (which I thought was bipolar II) and my aunt says I should say I have a "mood disorder" and not bipolar because I haven't been formally diagnosed... I was FINALLY getting comfortable with having bipolar but now it's a "mood disorder" - how vague is that??! I've been on lamictal for 6 months and have been relatively steady as a result... I've told all my close friends I have bipolar so now what? I hate this. I just want a concrete diagnosis but I suppose mental health is never concrete... This may sound weird but I would rather have bipolar than a "mood disorder" mostly because it is something plausible and explains what I've been going through for the past couple of years... Mood disorder my butt! Sorry for the rant...