My older son received a medical discharge from the Army last year due to both back and knee problems, plus a provisional diagnosis of depression only because they didn't want to dx him with bipolar disorder.

Six months later, he's on partial disability because of PTSD and depression, but the VA psychiatrist still won't diagnose BP, even though there is every evidence that he has it. I ought to know, I raised the kid, and he's always had clear-cut episodes of black depression and dysphoric mania.

Now he's on some blood-pressure med that's supposed to help with mood disorders, plus a handful of vitamins and supplements.......and two days ago when I last talked to him, he was bouncing off the walls and talking so fast he was literally tripping over his words. That VA shrink doesn't know his butt from a hole in the ground, and it's a shame my son can't get the meds that will help him because of a misdiagnosis.