It's hard to say. If I were dx myself, I'm closest to BP II. But that doesn't cover it all. You can be somewhere in the BP spectrum even if you don't fit the exact criteria that's found in the DSM.
I was originally dx'd with major depression. All the SSRI's I've tried and SNRI's have pooped out. I also have noted that after reading the symptoms of hypomania; I've definitely had episodes of that in the past; I just didn't know it at the time.
The two meds that have helped me the most are depakote (mood stabilzer) and wellbutrin (different kind of AD)
Also, I've learned it's hard to get a Doc to tell you an exact Dx; because the DSM is so limited and the reality is that it's really hard for them to put people in any one category.
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