Hi Rose! I'm glad you're feeling great! What a relief it is to be depression free.

This link is to the "DSM-IV" which is the book of criteria doctors use when diagnosing a patient with BP:

http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/ps...gy/781/dsm.htm

There is a new edition, DSM-V, coming out in 2013 that is more detailed and splits the mood disorders into more categories. Here is a link to that. You don't have to register to explore the site. I believe the registration is for input from professionals.

http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevision...Disorders.aspx

Since this basically a "hello" thread, you may want to move yours out into the main Bipolar forum to be more easily seen and replied to.