Thread: BP I or BP2?
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Old May 16, 2014, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Lmciyah View Post
How do you find out? I have been in treatment for 7 months. Since I am unemployed without insurance, I am receiving treatment at a clinic. I have only seen a dr. twice. Each visit was a total of 10 minutes each, however I see where they bill for 30 and 45 minutes each time. I've been wondering whom are they screwing out for the additional time that I am not getting. Plus I never get but 30 -40 minutes with therapist but I have seen they always put down 1 hour.

I'm not going to complain since they are giving me free treatment. However, if and when I have to pay myself, my bipolar rage will show it's ugly side.

I think you find out your type by discussing your symptoms with your pdoc or other mental health professional. That sucks that you don't get much time with yours.

I could probably figure out the answer to my question if i discussed it with my pdoc, but we don't have a lot of time either, and she likes to keep the conversation focused. I think i might be bp 1, misdiagnosed as bp 2, but i have really good functioning between episodes. I pull it together well. I also question the whole bp diagnosis itself, 1 or 2. Maybe it's just my personality, that i'm too reactive so my moods get extreme - because if that's the case, then i don't need all these meds. But i've had about 6 pdocs all tell me bipolar, so i should probably just accept it, and not worry about type 1 or 2.

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