If you have ever had a hypomanic or manic episode it is bipolar - even if it only happens once and the rest of the time you just get depressed. It's just a label, and the only reason it really matters is for med selection, because if you are prone to hypomania/mania antidepressants on their own are usually not given, and a mood stabilizer or AP may be used instead.
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"Does the body rule the mind, or does the mind rule the body?"
"Those who feel the breath of sadness, sit down next to me. Those feel they're touched my madness, sit down next to me. Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me."
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