I haven't been able to watch it, but I think the biggest thing that needs to change is that psychiatry needs to stop seeing bipolar as a "mood" disorder.

I've said it many times, my mood is not the issue. Mood is actually an outer symptom of what's going on underneath. And what is that? The fact that I can't think straight, due to racing thoughts. I can't remember what I was doing, where I put things. I am easily frustrated by simple tasks. I have no concentration or motivation more than half the time. I suddenly can't focus on reading (somethin I enjoy) and suddenly can't understand what I'm reading, which is very distressing since I was always a strong reader. How about the fact that too much going on in the way of noise, movement around me, sensations in general become overwhelming.

These are no moods. These are something else going on. Of course I'm irritable. Of course my temper is short. Of course I'm feeling depressed, or even manic. It feel like the brain is going haywire, and it actually has a physical sensation despite if it may or may not be a psychosomatic one, it's still there.

Those little quizes we take for mania and depression only brush the surface of symptoms of what's going on. I think if more doctors understood that, then diagnosing would be a lot different. They need to be testing for the functional concerns, not the moods. Everyone has moods.