I've been diagnosed with Bipolar II twice in my life. I've also been diagnosed with BPD, GAD, ODD, and PTSD. My psychiatrist uses the term "Bipolar spectrum" when discussing my diagnoses, so I don't think she's even sure of what's going on. I've been trying to get a psych eval for over a year, but insurance keeps denying it.

Does it even matter? Do I need to know? As much as I want to know, I don't think it matters in the end. My symptoms are the same, the treatment is relatively the same (mood stabilizers, therapy to manage anxiety and depression, using DBT in my daily life), the way people treat me will be the same. Yet at the same time, getting the PTSD diagnosis changed my life! Being treated for PTSD helped me immensely, and I wouldn't have gotten through the worst time in my life without it. I feel so lost sometimes.