I'm wondering if others have seen different pdocs who have just accepted the BP diagnosis because your previous pdoc had already diagnosed it.

I've had 4 pdocs over 12 or so years and each has taken what the other has said for granted. I was first diagnosed BP II about 12 years ago and then that I was changed, in another state, to BP 1 after I had a full-blown manic episode.

In any case, there was only one instance where my pdoc at Mass General sent a note with me to the Bipolar Clinic at Stanford indicating why he thought I had BP. I left that note with Stanford and didn't take it with me to my current pdoc in Delaware and I think she assumes I have BP because of previous pdocs' treating me as such.

Has this happened to others? Have you had new evaluations when you see new pdocs, or do they just take for granted that you're BP and treat you accordingly?

I just went through an episode here in DE and I guess that will help to confirm the dx with my current pdoc, but I was stable for the 2.5 years I was at Stanford...

So what have your experiences been?