I had to ask my dr for my diagnosis...I presented with depression twice, the second time, he said he saw some bipolarity but he didn't come right out and say...you have bipolar disorder. I guess I didn't care if he said I had blue freckled cow disease as long as it was treatable and I didn't have to feel like crap. Which, even though it is treatable, off and on I still feel like crap. I suppose it was a relief though to know there was a name for it and a way to treat it.