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(2,934 posts)Everyone is different. It also makes a huge difference if the person is getting proper medication and therapy for their illness. My mother was undiagnosed and untreated for many years. In the time frame where she was treated she did much better.
Right now my daughter is suffering through a bout of Major Depression. Her original diagnosis was also bipolar II, but just lately it was determined she doesn't have enough up moods or irritable moods to even be hypomanic. Or so the docs think. So it is probably chronic depression with a topping of major depression.
We are both going to support groups sponsored by NAMI, the National Alliance for Mental Illness. I reccomend NAMI to anyone looking for help or information.
(I can be pretty short tempered myself sometimes. )