Like bpnurse says, its the context. In my support group I ALWAYS said "Hi, I"m A, I'm diagnosed with bipolar, GAD and ADHD to make it fun." I don't really tell anyone else other than dr's when I go through the med check stuff. I'm a lot of stuff but bipolar to me isn't an adjective. I'm silly, smart, emotional, short, and a whole lot of other things but I'm not bipolar. I"m not anxiety. I"m not adhd. I"m just diagnosed with those things.