OK I have been a mental health patient for 30 odd years and mental before that but didn't give a s*** I was young and nuts that's a hole life time away.i n England the you wernt given a label like bipolar ect ect , you were just nuts and given what ever med they saw fit. No therapy it wasn't thought off i am plainly BIPOLAR it is now easy to see , but I have never taken mood stabilizers only benzo,s which act in a similar way plus an AD . The shrinks now days say call you bipolar if you like but do you want to take A-Ps and mood stabilisers when you do ok on your meds now. So in the anxiety and depression range we seem to come under 1 illness but at different levels so its depression and find the right med for you is what is all about not adding six labels on your folder. I have seen a therapist long ago and was told I handle what ever is thrown at me in my own time and not with anything they can do to help . In other words they don't have a clue, I walk a thin line but I walk it with no hospital help they haven't got any.