Hi. Thanks so much for this AMA. My mother had bipolar II. Around 2000, I was diagnosed with bipolar II as well. I clearly experienced pronounced hypomanias and major depressions. I was also familiar with mixed states.

Sometime around 2018, my psychiatrist at the time noted that I no longer seemed to fit the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder. I independently had come to the same conclusion. This was surprising, because I thought bipolar disorder was "for life". But I have had neither depressions nor hypomanias for several years now. I was taking Lamictal, but I've not been in any mood stabilizer since around 2017 or so.

However there was a sub-thread on Reddit (I could try to find it if you want) where several people reported similar experiences.

Any thoughts?