A hard question. My T likes to remind me of my diagnosis from my Pdoc to keep me from going off my medication. But then again, T also thinks there is more than just my Pdoc's diagnosis going on.

I personally try not to focus too much on my diagnosis because I think sometimes it makes things worse. It's almost like I start looking for symptoms that might just be normal reactions to events vs. being bipolar.

I don't want to BE my diagnosis, if that makes sense.