I had the opposite from the last 5 psychiatrists i saw, they all thought i was just an atypical case of mild to moderate depression, none of them could quite work me out in the last 3-4 years! I suggested Bipolar to discuss whether i was in the spectrum or not, no word of a lie, i got laughed at! My moods are erractic, i can go raging from 0-2 secs all of a sudden, have very crazy lows where i can become suicidal, i have self harmed alot in the past, heard voices, hallucinations, things crawling on my skin etc etc, was fed many many different anti d's & anti p's & nothing worked & i became that much more aggravated with life! I finally went to see a psych again for the first time in 2 years, i told the psych half of whats happenend in the first session & he picked it straight away! Ive been rediagnosed as Bipolar II + Cyclothymia + Psychosis now, depending i guess dont quote me here coz im still learning about all this myself but i think it depends on your cycle of moods etc like your highs & lows to which spectrum of Bipolar they class you as? Im not too sure, im so sorry if i got this wrong!!! Example with me i get very crazy lows for months but inbetween i will go into hypomania where i cant sleep, i have trouble trying to get myself to sleep because my mind is constantly racing, i go into a state of euphoria sometimes with it as well, when im very low i can sleep for days!!! I dont wanna get out of bed, i can never wake myself up etc I hope this helps!!! If you wanna discuss more just yell out!! =)