I hate to sound like a jerk, but what's the sense of haggling over labels? Either you feel well, or you don't. I've been diagnosed as BP I, but don't live & die by that label. Over the years I've just learned to adjust & somehow treat a ball of symptoms. I am not BP...I'm just a human being who has emotional/mental problems that need tending to sometimes - generally with the help (not judgement) of a doctor.