Posted by banga on January 13, 2005, at 9:26:27
In reply to Re: Can you be hypomanic for one day?, posted by bipolarspectrum on January 13, 2005, at 0:06:57
You definitely can be hypomanic for one day. YOu are right, that according to the DSMIV you need to be hypomanic for four days in a row to "Officially" get a diagnosis of bipolar, but our pdoc might be among the many that feel the line of four days is arbitrary.... they may have felt this is the closest diagnosis.
And of course there is insurance--they have to name the illness in order to treat it. They can theoretically give your doc a hard time if they prescribe medication that doesn't fit the illness,though usually they don't (my insurance didnt make a peep about what meds are prescribed until I wanted Provigil, then they wrote a letter saying they wont cover it because it is not indicated for depression).
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