I never really thought ahead of time that I could be bipolar. My beliefs about what bipolar is was basically that of bipolar 1. I knew I wasn't that, as some of the symptoms of mania I never had. I just knew something wasn't right, and I experienced a lot of depression.

However, I filled out what felt like a book of info at my initial pdoc appointment, and after talking for an hour, came out with a diagnoses of bipolar 2. It was like an "a ha!" moment for me when I learned about hypomania.