If you only have two minutes
Two lines. That is the whole route.
- The exact diagnosis wording already used in my current care, copied if I have access to it
- One term or question I want clarified
These two lines are a complete low-energy version. You can stop here.
What this lesson is for
Bipolar I and bipolar II are different episode histories, not two rungs on a severity ladder. That sentence is the whole chapter. The type describes which episodes appear in the assessed history — nothing else. It does not rank how hard your life has been, how much you have lost, or how much help you need.
Mania is the distinction that decides bipolar I. Not intensity of feeling; mania, as assessed. Bipolar II involves hypomania and major depression, without mania.
You leave with your own terms preserved word for word, and one question for the professional who wrote them.
Only in the video
The video does two things this page cannot.
- A fictional record read out loud, layer by layer, so you can see where a term came from and what it is actually claiming.
- Why the two types get ranked, and what that ranking costs the people on the wrong end of it.
This Program does not recommend a medicine, compare doses, select a treatment, or tell you to start, stop, restart, taper, change or combine anything. If you're considering a change, contact the professional who knows your situation before you act — and if it's urgent, use an urgent route.