Up to 70 percent of bipolar patients are initially misdiagnosed, delaying appropriate treatment or subjecting patients to ineffective treatments.
It would be common sense, to be very skeptical of a discipline and a condition, with that error rate.
My sister was diagnosed 40 years ago with Depression. Her's is unipolar; just depression. She has stayed on her meds.
Most young people have been indoctrinated to the coolness, of being victims. Cool kids have tattoos, bipolar, gender issues, blue or pink hair, piercings etc.