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Originally Posted by Confusedinomicon
They actually keep it NOS because the insurance companies coverage is more than if they say outright that you are BPI or BPII. (According to my Pdoc) The way I interpreted it is that if you're NOS, they don't have a clear picture of what to expect so they'll cover more. Once you are defined as BPI or BPII they expect you to fit a certain model which determines what they are and aren't willing to cover...but having bipolar in general can't help you much. xD
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That's interesting! Maybe that's why my insurance company is so generous in giving me unlimited mental health visits....I'm BP NOS and nobody really knows yet where I fit on the spectrum. I
have had a mixed episode, but I've never lost contact with reality and the only time I've ever had full-blown mania was when I went on Wellbutrin. So I don't really qualify for BP I, but II doesn't describe my version of it either. My internist calls me "tripolar"---he said, "You've got the depression, you've got some mania, and, well......you're f'ed up."
THAT describes me perfectly, lol.
ETA: Whatever the category, bipolar SUCKS!!
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