i read most of the comments.

lets point out some things here too about someone ACTUALLY getting a diagnosis.

am i allowed to speak here?
i personally believe its currently being overdiagnosed. i only believe this because i believe its part of the PsychFad phase. like some people said with BPD and autism and the like.

but...with overdiagnosis comes misdiagnosis. so how many being diagnosed recently ACTUALLY have it? and if there IS a misdiagnosis of bipolar we all know someones bipolar diagnosis will change. so it doesnt stay the same.

thats the thing about psychiatric labels. say 1000 people got diagnosed with bipolar. but then over the next some time period how many of them will have it changed? do they count the change too or do they count only initial diagnosis into these rise-of-bipolar-cases studies?