I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type II.

Damn, I knew it.
I suspected it, and I went to see a psychiatrist today and damn it, even though I thought it was a possibility, it is really hard to deal with this new information.
I always thought I had a joyful personality with a hint of depression from some of my past experiences, but then I'm being diagnosed by a professional and everything now has another taste.
I don't think I'll be taking the medication... I'm in a neutral phase now, or so I think.
The psychiatrist said that 80% of the doctors have a mental health disorder, among which bipolar, she was trying to soothe me and convince me it was okay (even though I already seemed completely okay with it...) but damn is it hard to accept. I just didn't show it.
I wish me the best, and I wish all the people having it the best too.

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Sidewinder · 36-40, M

I always thought there were only 3 types of depression.

Major depression, Minor depression and Manic depression.

UndeadSona · F

@Sidewinder Nah they've updated classifications since then multiple times. In fact I think they recently updated this year again

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@Sidewinder
As @UndeadSona said, classification are changing constantly.
I just explained bipolar in an earlier comment. You might wanna check that.

Sidewinder · 36-40, M

@Friendlyperson I know what "bipolar" is.

By definition, bipolar means "of or pertaining to two polar extremes."

Manic depressives, in this case, are known to experience sudden shifts or changes in moods and/or emotional states and oftentimes for reasons that don't seem apparent on the outside looking in.

Like they may be excited and energitic one moment, which is the "manic phase" and the next moment, they're "down in the dumps," which is the "depressive phase."

Of course, this is just my limited knowledge of it, so please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any or all of this.