Hi,

Not sure if this helps at all, but I was diagnosed about a month ago as Bipolar Spectrum something or other. I don't qualify for BP II, and definitely not BP I.

As I understand it, it's like just the Depression part of Bipolar, but the depression is sometimes agitated and irritable, moreso than a normal reaction. It's treated differently than normal (unipolar) depression, and is a fairly new distinction.

I am still new to this, and feel a bit of an imposter in these forums because I don't get hypomanic, but I have a genetic disposition toward bipolar (thanks mom!), and I find myself iwth a lot of questions.

I don't know if this helps at all, but I'm tapering up on Lamictal and look forward to experiencing it at a therapeutic dose...