Have you been seeing a therapist that knows you well? The therapist can call the psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist would have been looking for mania or hypomania as described by you or documented in your record. It does seem odd that you have several previous doctors that found bipolar but this one didn’t.

Of course, it is really common to have both borderline and bipolar disorder. One problem could be if the previous psychiatrist said it was bipolar 2. My internal medicine doc is the one that told me not all doctors believe bipolar 2 is a legitimate dx. I was taken aback by that. Apparently, it can be hard to tell the difference between bp2 and BPD.

The important thing is, did you get any help? Any medications?

Did you go that whole year with no mood stabilizer?