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Originally Posted by Tsuki632
It's not the first time bipolar has been mentioned but I've never fit the cookie cutter diagnosis. My sister who knows me and my moods better than I do, and is also a physician, isn't disagreeing with the diagnosis and she would tell me if she thought it was way off base.
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There's a bipolar NOS category. I'd highly recommend you look into that.
The "bipolar NOS" label is given when a patient doesn't meet the full criteria for bipolar 1 or bipolar 2, but clearly the patient is experiencing ups and downs that can't be accounted for with the Major Depressive Disorder label or other mood disorder labels.
So, that could explain why you don't fit the "cookie cutter diagnosis".
There are actually a lot of people who fit under the bipolar NOS category. The NOS category is used for people who sit on the bipolar spectrum.