My husband says that they are different. I say they’re the same.

Is there any relation between personality type and bipolar disorder? Is a person with a particular personality type has higher possibility to pick up bipolar than others with other personality types? If so, what is the chance for INFPs to develop bipolar? Thank you!

also, whats the dif. between bipolar and bipolar type 2?

hello! i was diagnosed as bipolar when i was 12 and about a year ago i was hospitalized after a traumatic event. a doctor i only met with for five minutes told me i wasn’t really bipolar, that i was actually bipolar but you can’t diagnose anyone under 18. so i was just wondering the difference and how you can tell which is appropriate. i mean the most common physch misdiagnosis is mistaking schitzophrenia for manic depression so its possible, at the same time i respond to medication and dont respond to group therapy, instead i get along better with “authority”.

thank you for the obvious

bipolar as far as i can tell may be a spectrum disorder far beyond the scope of types I, II and cyclothymia. the nos type to me seems to have different sub-categorizations. it seems like the only bipolar type that can involve psychosis is bipolar I. but also possibly NOS? is this true? if so, what are the differences if any between the two?

I was diagnosed 8 years ago with type 2. I’ve been seeing the same psychiatrist for going on 3 years and now he says that he believes that I have type 1.

The reason I ask is someone I know was diagnosed as having both.

I realize that everyone has their own combination for medication dealing with bipolar as certainly do I. I take my medications and they help me a lot, but even Yaz (a birth control I take), which is said to treat PMDD (something dealing with severe depression while you’re on your menstruation cycle), doesn’t seem to help my mood swings or deep depressions that include wanting to sleep unhealthy amounts of time during my period. I’m not in physical pain, just utter misery. Can anyone verify or help me with this?