Welcome! Don't get hung up on the words. There is a spectrum of illness from garden-variety bipolar 1 to badass schizophrenia and everyplace in between. I am sorta in the middleish. Technically and under current rules, guess that makes me schizoaffective, prolly. We have not officially changed the label because it will not change anything. Myself, I do like currently employ the term, bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum illness, as it is accurate and descriptive. Hugs!