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Originally Posted by Hooligan
I've never been full blown manic, as far as I know, but she diagnosed me as bipolar 1 because the hypomania has gone on for nearly a week at a time. But then does that mean that I'll eventually reach full mania?
Okay. This confused me completely.
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[I]You only achieve BP1 diagnosis of BP1 (as opposed to BP2) if you've had a manic episode. It's got nothing to do with the duration. So please go back to your doctor and ask for clarification.
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Yes. This is curious indeed. The only duration thing is, for example, per the DSM, that the symptoms of
hypomania (for BP 2 dx) go on for *at least* 4 days. And that for BP 1 dx, the symptoms of
mania go on for at least 7 days. There's no maximum number of days hypomanic symptoms are confined to (For example, I've had them go on for well over a month, and BP 2 dx).The shift in defining a state of hypomania to state of mania is by level of symptoms. (to a more extreme degree). It does not always *go* from one to the other (in fact for BP 2, it
won't) If the symptoms are defined by hypomania, they remain hypomania as long as it's within the criteria for hypomania.
Not sure if I'm making sense. Should be sleeping.
