Don't worry about the mentally ill teen stigma. If you are waiting until you are older to escape the stigma that comes along with mental illness then you will be waiting a long time, because teen, child or adult the stigma of mental illness is always there. You have to put away the worries of what people will think of you or you may never get help or you may end up in the hospital after doing something stupid and end up getting help that way. A diagnosis won't change who you are, you will always be the wonderful individual that you have always been, you will just have a name to put with your problem and the ability to better control your moods.

I'm bipolar II as well and know that the chance that we will end up on a manic spending spree, hopping a plane to Las Vegas, borrowing 1/2 a million dollars from a loan shark with a friend named Butch, and then putting all that money on lucky number 13 on the roulette wheel is fairly slim, but the chance that we may try to hurt ourselves is much more likely. You don't want to wait till you are down and out or getting ready for the crash after flying high. You may feel fine now, but what about next week or even tomorrow?

You can do it. Good luck!