In the past, I had discovered an "Ask Dr. Phelps" site where people with bipolar disorder could ask a psychiatrist various questions about the disorder. In his retirement, Dr. Phelps closed down that Q&A, but he still maintains an interesting website with helpful info. When I first discovered it, it was geared to all people on the bipolar spectrum, but now (and to a large part in his published books) he focuses primarily on bipolar type 2 and other bipolar spectrum disorders, but not bipolar 1. For anyone who doesn't have bipolar type 1, it may be of interest. On his website, he wrote the following that supports the quote above that bipolar type 1 is not the most common type. He wrote:

"Bipolar 2 and its close relatives are far more common than the full manic-depressive Bipolar I. But it is often mistaken for plain depression because “hypomania” — a little manic — can be subtle. In some forms of bipolarity it can be absent. Diagnostically this really complicates things!"

Dr. Phelps' website is called PsychEducation. It's a bit more scientific oriented. It's not a website of the type as PC. One need not agree with everything he writes, but what he writes is mainstream.

I'm not bringing up these stats to imply anything special about any bp type. I'm only doing so because too often in the past only bipolar 1 was focused on. I have bipolar type 1 and the course of my illness has been horrible, but many people with bipolar 2 suffer greatly. Sometimes even more than some people with bipolar 1.