I posted earlier about wondering if I had symptoms of hypomania. I talked about it for a bit in marriage counseling today. My marriage counselor (who has a PhD in psychology) asked why I felt I needed an actual diagnosis, why I needed the label. I said I thought it would help me understand myself more and also help my H understand me. Marriage counselor still seemed unsure about the need for a label (I'm already diagnosed with panic disorder, generalized anxiety, OCD, and recurrent major depressive episodes). I'll talk to my individual therapist a bit more about it tomorrow.

But I'm curious: How do you feel that having a bipolar diagnosis--a label--helped you? Or do you think it wasn't helpful? Thanks!