If the snowflake fits...

We are all a little, or a lot, different. I never SH or have SI even when I am deep in the abyss. My survival instinct is too strong. At the other end, the worst I have gotten in 40 years is to be convinced I am immortal but know that no one will believe me and it needs to be a secret (maybe once a year). And sometimes I can see auras (quite often), which is really weird because I don't believe in them. But no matter where I am on the roller coaster, I have some thinking that is disturbing; impulses to destroy/vandalize things (I don't ever succumb, but they don't go away), sexual fantasies that would be okay with a willing partner (but that is not most people and I will leave it at that) and I can't ever seem to get past my social awkwardness even if I can think through how I should change. Also saying inappropriate things is not restricted to hypomania; that just makes it much worse. When untreated, I spend *much* more time depressed than hypomanic, like maybe 10:1.

Probably more than you wanted to know, but my point is that saying "type 2 bipolar" doesn't come close to saying all that. OTOH, I don't think there is a string of letters you can add that says it either, except maybe for the social awkwardness.

EDIT to add - I forgot about the issues of attention deficit (which is why I take straterra) and substance abuse (which is why I don't take a stimulant). And my hyperacusis, which has its own entry in the DSM...