Will previous psychiatric treatment disqualify you for military service?

Bipolar Disorder is a disqualifying diagnosis. If you are convinced it was a misdiagnosis, I would ensure that I met with a psychologist or psychiatrist regularly who can vouch for that before attempting to sign up. The Army, of course, would probably have one of our own behavioral health specialists (probably a psychiatrist) follow up and make an assessment. If the psychiatrist agrees with the civilian doc's assessment, you could get in on a waiver.

Im not trying to be rude, to the army officer, but how would they know anything about you being diagnosed as a child if you do not tell them? there is no database of medical records that anyone can use to look up medical records, the only way that anyone can find a person's records is if that individual gives them the doctors/hospitals name and gives consent to have them released to that person. So, basically they won't know if you don't tell them...

being diagnosed with Bipolar is an automatic disqualification from all brances of the military. If you lie abotu it and it comes to light later you will be dishonerably discharged and possibly even charged with fraud. They will specifically ask about your mental health history and to "not tell" would be to lie outright.

Probably not, they deal once you get there.

Sometimes I have to wonder if the persons who effect political policy have issues--that's what our system is designed for.

Go for it.