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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
I'm no psychiatrist, but if I were I'd have to reclassify you as Bipolar NOS/NEC. You're kind of all over the map and you're experiencing things that don't really happen in Bipolar II. FWIW, I'm in the same boat as I'm just now coming out of a nasty dysphoric mania (and my pdoc called it mania, not hypomania) that's probably going to change my dx to BP I. But slapping a label on something like you've described doesn't do anything to fix it; all it does is make sure the doctor or PNP gets paid.
I definitely think you need to be reassessed, though. BP does progress if not treated, or treated improperly, and this may be what's happening. As I think my own example goes to show, diagnosis is a fluid, not a static thing, although I don't believe one gets to go back to being BP II once the criteria for full-blown mania are reached and cross over into BP I territory. Hope this helps you.
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Yes, it can change BipolaRNurse, (maybe not often).I've been diagnosed as Bipolar I, Cyclothymic, Bipolar II, and "You don't need to see a psychiatrist". But it was over a period of years. I think medication had a lot to do with bringing it down, but most of all, it was a reduction of a major stress that sorta' solidified it at Bipolar II.
I agree that a re-evaluation might be helpful for Trippin. She's so intelligent that she can just get the information and thank the doctor and walk out if she chooses because she's really in control of her life.