Ok, i was reading dsm-v, and BP nurse is right, BP 2 can now have specified mixed features, so that's new since dsm-iv. But it also says that hypomanoa is not severe enough to caused marked functional impairment or to require hospitalization, which was what i thought, but i checked and confirmed it.

So i'm not sure because the episode that got me hospitalized was mixed. You can get hospitalized for depression and still be BP 2, it's only mania that distinguishes. I'm not sure what severe mixed does to the diagnosis. I had 2 previous episodes that i think were full blown mania, but i didn't see a doctor the first time, and when i saw a pdoc the second time i don't know if he diagnosed 1 or 2. I think i'm kind of 1 1/2, lol. Probably should be 1, but officially diagnosed 2. I guess time will tell if i ever get manic again, but i doubt that will happen if i stay on meds.

So i wonder what mixed requiring hospitalization is classified as. Dsm really doesn't say.