My pdoc said that I appear to be cyclothymic in the end.

For those who don't know what it is: It is a softer form of bipolar, because the highs don't meet the criteria for mania (you get hypomania like in bipolar II) and the lows don't meet the criteria for major depression (but for light depression). That is why it has nothing to do with borderline, but you can have both at once.

That makes pretty much sense in my head even though I was wondering if my depressive episodes really never met the criteria for a major depressive episode.

Anyway I am happy to be more or less diagnosed at last and that my feelings about something bipolar in me have been have been correct.

Now I have a few questions. Even though my symptoms with cylothymia might not be as strong as with bipolar II I am often suffering from them a lot and they keep me from living up to my potential. The p said that medication with this disease is not necessary but actually I would like to try to see if they can balance me because with cyclothymia you never have symptom free episodes for more than two months (fits me perfectly) and it makes me go insane. Does anyone here know about medication and cyclothymia?

Second, is it true that cyclothymia turns into bipolar over the years? I can see the symptoms getting stronger and clearer but is this a must-be?