I think my bipolar diagnosis is stupid and pointless. I know for a fact that I've never been manic because I've never had a problem with mania or needed to be hospitalized for it. One of my docs hasn't been clear about whether I'm bipolar 1 or schizoaffective (I know I'm the latter and have heard my doc say so, but my mom claims he told her bipolar spectrum disorder or bipolar 1). But seriously, my hypomania has NEVER caused any problems, never crashes into depression (depression is random) and never escalated to mania. I'm seriously doubting I'm even bipolar at this point.

So yeah, how do you know whether it's mania, hypomania, or just a good mood?