Hi. I just joined here a month ago, but have learned a lot. (Sounding like a broken record here) I was Dx'ed as Bipolar II a year ago, and sent against my will to a partial. Truly one of the most traumatic events in my life, which had had more than its share anyway. The Dr that Dx'ed did a very sloppy job with a 5 minute Dx, and then totally screwed up my treatment. Definitely broke my entire spirit, on the drive home I was truly suicidal, I wanted to drive into something at 90 mph. I thought I was a dead man walking. A new Dr, whom I like and trust, said BP II was crap, it is C-PTSD. That makes so much more sense, it was an enormous relief to me.

It may be the enormity of getting any MH Dx. Were you previously told you are bipolar? How did you feel about that? Were you at peace with that? Or didn't it happen that way?

It may take time. It may make more sense as you work on it. In the interim, time, love, and tenderness, to quote the lyrics of a 20 year old Michael Bolton song.