Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
So I’ve been given different labels by different drs. My current says i have bipolar 1, another said I have bipolar 2, several actually, and the state hospital labeled me bipolar NOS. I feel I relate more to bipolar 2. But does it really matter? My current pdoc says it’s more important to treat the symptoms not the actual disorder. Does it really matter what label I have? I mean. They all agree on the bipolar diagnosis so does the specific label really matter?
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In all it's splendid colour!!I'm up for a very short time I hope...It's too early for me but I always seem to have these early awake times where I'm not quite ready to get upAnother chore day for me as I didn't get done all I wanted to yestetdayI hope that your day is blessed...xo
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
2 means hypomania plus depression.
NOS means the jury's out.
In a nutshell.
To me, it Does Not matter. I agree that treating the symptoms, regardless of dx, is what pdoc's do best...
In the old days of DS, the Ones looked down on the Twos as being Less than the Best bipolar.
I hope no one here does that now; we're all in this together.
No I don't think it matters, it's just another way for the DSM-V to code it out for the Insurance Companies to break it down into different categories.
Pdocs treat symptoms if they know what the hell they're doing. If someone has a Pdoc that is treating their label and not their symptoms....they need to get a new Pdoc, like ASAP.
I agree pdoc's treat the symptoms we're presenting with at any given time....xo