[SelfHarmLove]

So i was basically just diagnosed with bipolarNOS (not other wise specified) and i was wondering if anyone else has ever been diagnosed with this?, i apparently dont fit the criteria to be bipolar I or II so im NOS.

[Clandestine]

Hi and welcome to PC ;]
I met someone here on PsychCentral with the same diagnosis as you do, but I forgot his username. Just wanted to know you're not alone ;]

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[tracy33]

I'm pretty sure that when I was diagnosed I was bipolar NOS, but then later on, I saw on my paperwork that I was either I or II. It changed.

When I was first dxed it was bipolarNOS. Later as the pdoc got to know me & saw my symptoms first hand it changed to bipolar I. Last time I went in (getting meds adjusted now) she put down from the code bipolar I--mixed episode--moderate. I always come home & look up on psychcentral to see what she put down to see how she is evaluating me! She's right on the money

So I think often at the beginning it is NOS as the doc cannot specify what the last episode was or what all the symptoms are.--Suzy

[iamtwilight]

I'm bipolar NOS too for now. The psychiatrist who DXed me said he had enough evidence of me having bipolar... but just a few months ago the psychiatrist who's been taking care of my stuff for the past 10 months said they are wondering if I have bipolar.

I know I am, because I have diary entries from age 13 that clearly indicate that I'm bipolar. But even if I'm not, it doesn't matter - at least I got lithium and it has helped me a great deal. I could say that I'm symptom free.

The NOS diagnosis may be given when you are first DXed with bipolar, and you have a new pdoc and everything, and they want to "examine" you more... that is, by putting you into treatment and checking out your moods and stuff like that.

Scattered thoughts.

[rdubs]

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...