I was diagnosed late age 43 . It did give me a direction in which way to dive in an educate myself and learn how to be my best advocate.

That said.... I hate to see anyone so wrapped up in the "label" where they just stall and walk themselves into a corner and that is when putting too much energy into a diagnosis.

Treatment in general is based off each person symptoms that are most disruptive, so to me it's about treating symptoms not just the label " Bipolar"

Hope that makes some kinda sense