The depression that comes with Bipolar is just as severe as in MDD. That is for sure. Ya it can be frustrating reading things like, bipolar is just mood swings, ya in a weird distorted alternate universe maybe. Or when a women who had pms - must really have bipolar. And then it switches to , oh your gf has bipolar? Better run fast as you can. Thing is dont pay mind to this crap, because it is maddening. And it just really doesn't matter.

I don't know about anyone else here, but I really hate the term mood disorder, how minamalistic. The hardest symptoms for me to over come are not only mood directed. There is alot more going on with bipolar than mood only. I wish they would come up with a more descriptive term.