Thread: BP I or BP2?
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Old May 10, 2014, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy Camper View Post
Before getting changed to mood disorder nos, I was diagnosed bipolar 1 because the doctor thought I was having a mixed episode, and that to him meant I could only be bipolar 1.
Wow, how did you go from BP 1 to Mood Disorder NOS? Different doctors?

It used to be that mixed episodes were a feature only of BP 1, but now it's thought that they can be found in BP 2 as well. What distinguishes BP 1 from 2 is the presence of full-blown mania as opposed to hypomania, so if you've never had a manic episode, you can't be BP 1. I wonder about that Mood Disorder NOS, though.....that's a pretty vague diagnosis.
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