Anyone ever question their diagnosis?

I denied for years. I was stable for six years treatment-free so obviously I thought it was all ********. Then symptoms came back but I still thought it was just me and I wasn't trying hard enough to beat it on my own. It wasn't until I had a psychotic episode all on my own - no meds to blame it on - that I finally accepted it. Now I've found a good med combo and I am trying desperately to stay on it despite losing my insurance on June 30. I don't want to go back to where I was. I accept that I will be on meds for the rest of my life. I really don't care. I'm a nonfunctional wreck without them.

I was diagnosed Dysthymic before BP 2, then BP1. This was all within 3 years of each other. I don't really question it, because i remember how i felt while manic and depressed and it just is unexplainable without saying it is Bipolar. I felt like i was on coke all day for a month, followed by wanted to kill myself for a couple months. It's pretty clear in my mind.

I guess i have not been on meds long enough to think that everything is okay and i'm not BP.

All the time!!! Be it on meds or not. I'm currently thinking this however I'm starting to get manic so I guess I'm bipolar.... I just don't know

I do because I was misdiagnosed with MDD/dysthymia for so long. I don't recall my manic episodes as well but I know I did have them. I've been stable for a while except for some anxiety. It's hard when I'm stable to see others going through cycles and think I still have bipolar. It's like I don't have it that bad, so do I really have it?

Oh course I do. When I am manic, I think that I am the all knowing and I don't need to take these stupid pills. I am invincible and pills are for sissies
Good thing hubby is the voice of reason!