I am starting to think that I have been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was told that I had bipolar disorder when I was 18 by the counseling psychologist at my university. At the point and time, I could understand why she would have though this. But considering that I am now 23 years old and I have spent the last 3 years unmedicated, without any incidence, I don't understand why I should have the lifetime stigma of something that I don't think I have.
At the point and time, I was under extreme emotional stress because I had just left the state for college and was leaving behind a physical and emotional abusive mother who had schizophrenia. I was made to take care of my younger sibling and basically act as a mother towards them. So I can understand how I was diagnosed because I was showing every little symptoms. Plus the fact that I had been depressed since I was 12 and used to have dissociative states when I wouldn't remember periods of time and would be confused when my brain resurfaced because various things in the house had changed.

Now I am doing well. Been unmedicated for 3 years, and I only show symptoms at times when I am under extreme stress but I have learned that if I exercise and keep myself busy during those times of stress I won't even show symptoms of the disorder. Is it's possible that I could have only had bipolar disorder I because I was under such emotional stress and now it has disappeared?