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Originally Posted by ultramar
It sounds like you're stable, but your therapist is overly on the look out for bipolar symptoms. I think it's unfortunate to pathologize mood, when you're actually doing well.
I'm not sure I understand the diagnosis: 'hypomania.' Do you mean Bipolar II or is it some sort of tendency towards hypomania without the full diagnosis? Have you consulted a psychiatrist about the diagnosis and medication?
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I don't know. I just assumed Bipolar II, I didn't really want to talk about it after that session. I took the Millon Test, and she didn't want to give me the results physically (for fear that I would self loathe - she said I do that enough on my own; she even wrote a shorter handed version and decided to just keep it in my file instead lol). So I don't know. We were going to talk about it the next session, but a more serious (to me) topic came up, and now I officially don't want to talk about it anymore.
In regards to medication - I told her before I first came that is not an option for me. Period. Also, i've supposedly been "Manic Depressive" since I was in middle school (school mandated a psychiatrist visit in order to be allowed to return). But I say that to say, i've done fine without medication my whole life - no need to start now...
