I have been diagnosed Bipolar NOS (if that counts as a diagnosis?) and recently my doctors strongly suspect bipolar 2 and treat me as if I am, but my records don't show a firm diagnosis. Over the course of about 14 years I've had about 6 psychiatrists tell me it's BP - I've been given Depakote, abilify, lithium, and limictal and never used any of them. I've gotten better, not worse, without medication and with therapy, so I'm rather suspicious....I also do believe BP is getting over-diagnosed at the moment because of all the new meds available.