I think it's all hell and it's invalidating to say one is worse than another. I'm not sure which I have. The bp1 dx came about because of a mixed episode, but then on here I've learned that there are many bp2 people who also have mixed episodes. I don't consider myself to have full blown manias but I do have psychosis both in hypomania and depression. So I don't know where that puts me. According to the doctors that puts me at bp1 and I guess I should listen to them because I'm always so desperate to minimize my condition.

But anyway I understand what you mean hbomb they all suck, 1, 2, nos, none of them are fun. Whether one is milder or not doesn't make it less hard on the sufferer.