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Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by pvarangot on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:20PM (#29985127)
It's possible to be diagnosed for bipolar type II together with a plethora of other things in the DSM that I'm not qualified to list. But in my anecdotal experience dealing with diagnoses, there's at least like five or six major diagnoses that sometimes co-occur with bipolar type II.

If you think you fit the autism umbrella I would recommend you seek a specialist that is willing to work with you on treating those symptoms. The whole deal about this diagnoses is helping the people who get them, it's not just a very convoluted personality test or something. You have to go follow the path that actually helps you and others, and the mental health professionals job is navigating that with you.

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Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by okareaman on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @09:04AM (#29993712)
Thank you. I don't necessarily need a diagnosis, I'm just looking for an explanation for some of my non-neurtypical traits that bipolar doesn't account for. I don't blame my pdocs for not being to tease out the difference because it's subtle and I couldn't describe it well. But it might be interesting to investigate further now that I know it's possible.
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