Well, I've never heard any PDOC say nor have I read anything about bipolar disorder going away by itself. My PDOC in '91 told me that some mood disorders burn themselves out but I have not experienced that.

Listened to NPR (Science Friday) yesterday and discussion was DSM-V, "Bad Diagnosis for New Psychiatry "Bible"" (w/Guests: Director of NIH, President of American Psychiatric Association and a Psychotherapist). Discussed why and why not DSM-V should be used as guidelines for Mental Disorders plus other topics including links between BP and Schizophrenia, the positive track record of med therapy for mood disorders, how Psychiatry needs to be furthered and the problem of DSM-V being based on symptoms and not the causes. It was a really interesting program. (Audio is in link I posted below.)

http://forums.psychcentral.com/curre...bible-npr.html