I'm very sorry you are confused. I think I would like your doctor and wish I could see them. I think I might just have anxiety, depression and PTSD .......a lot less stigma with those illnesses and I could still take the same medications which help me, minus the label. They say "if the shoe fits, wear it" ....well for me the shoe of bipolar seems to fit but symptoms can mimic so many things I don't think there is any certainty with mental illness.

So it sounds like 7 docs think you're bipolar and 1 doesn't? Are you willing to get a few more opinions? Might that settle things for you?