</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
pinksoil said:
The NOS is probably the best thing in the DSM, in my opinion. Why? Because rarely does someone have a disorder that fits so exactly and neatly into the criteria that they have established.

I am diagnosed with bipolar NOS. This is because my mood swing patterns do not follow what is outlined in the DSM.

R/O is something that is noted when the evaluating doctor does not yet have enough information to diagnose you with something that includes a need for futher observation/evaluation on symptom patterns, frequency and duration of symptoms, etc.

It is written down as part of the diagnosis to note that there are reasons to believe that you may be bipolar because you do have some presenting symptoms that follow that pattern-- but not enough information is yet present.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">

It will be interesting to see the DSM-V yah?