My dx story is kinda boring, but true LOL

1987, I was 28 years old and thought I was super woman. I had two full time jobs, bought a house and kept it nice and clean. Managed to go out after work and play pool or ;hook up (casual sex was big in the 80's.., .....

I thought I got spring fever every year - long hot days, hyper and full of energy and ideas.

Working 90 hours a week started getting old but I hung in there till one day I got a speeding ticket and crashed - went to bed for 3 days, barely got up to go to work, but I did..... (I miss working hard, being busy.

the next month I got one new job where I traveled and sold cable TV - LOVED it. I was on a beach in Florida reading Cosmo and saw a quiz "DO you have a chemical imbalance?"

The test results said RUN don't walk to pdoc! I found a good one and was dx Bipolar 2.

I work on being healthy, the best I can be - but I do miss Spring fever.

I was 34 and having a huge nervous breakdown.

26. My diagnosis process was really messy, and traumatic. An intervention, some who truly cared about me, and others who thought I was the entertainment. Not funny at all.

After 45 long years I received my diagnosis!!! Yet when I think back to my childhood I showed clear signs of bipolar even then. No one picked up on it or maybe they turned a blind eye. My maternal grandmother, aunt, and cousins have it. My brother was diagnosed at 45 also but refuses to accept it (that is another story!). I think I have type 2 because I have not experienced psychosis. I have had mania though. Plenty of it!

I was diagnosed at 32. I had been in therapy for years and even on antidepressants before that. I first started noticing depression when I was in my teens, however I was a quiet child. They misdiagnosed me because I never went to the doctor when I was manic.

My therapist diagnosed me when I told him I was having racing thoughts that were driving me insane. He sent me to a pdoc then. It took years to get stable though. I am stable now and I'm 63. I've been stable for about 13 years, but feeling normal for 2 since I was put on Rexulti.

Hello, I’m new to this forum and am nervously dipping my toes in….

I was diagnosed at 18 after a diagnosis of depression and ptsd which led to antidepressants ……followed by a pretty obvious manic episode and stay in hospital.

After this my diagnosis has been very much untreated. Life got busy with raising a family oftern alone as my spouse worked away and with moving ALOT the diagnosis was pretty much forgotten about.

There were always ups and downs that I recognize now but nothing like when I was a youngster, for nearly 20 years and until 2 years ago.

I have since had 2 more diagnosis from separate psychiatrists. Have gone through some pretty big and traumatic life changes recently and find myself here. :)

I have just moved to a new area of the country, know zero people and apart from an awesome doctor so far no support system (waiting for a new psychiatrist referral and counselling to start aswell as meds to be right)

I have been reading some of the posts on here and feel a little less alone knowing I’m not the only one going through life like this. X

Hello all,
New to the forum. I was diagnosed at 17 with Bipolar 1, now about to turn 32 now. The time I was diagnosed I called to cops cause I haven't slept for couple of days, racing thoughts and was hallucinating. I was in high school, was sent to a Behavioral Facility for couple of months.

After 10 years of not having "symptoms", I worked for CPS and something triggered me to psychosis and I was then hospitalized back to back.. It has been 3 years since last hospitalization and I somewhat kinda feel stable. I also have been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder.. I have anxiety attacks like 2-3 times a week.. not sure if it is still the mixture of my meds.

I feel less alone knowing I can go on here and read some of others posts!

Much love.. xoxo

Hi Everybody!

I was 23 and taking 18 units at one college and 18 at the other. All was surprisingly well until it wasn't in addition to this I was also swimming 5 miles a day all of it was pretty crazy. In the end I was 5150'd here in California means an involuntary hospitalization. I was given Lithium which I hated and an ongoing appointment with a pdoc. Things eventually got sorted out by it took 10 years to do it...and a slew of hospitalizations!

It's great to see everyone here!!

I was 32.... I had been struggling with a depression and anxiety disorder for several years then

I eventually started seeing shadow people with paranoia along with several days and no sleep and I was diagnosed at that time with bipolar 2 in a mixed state

The diagnosis was too long coming and I was actually thankful for it.... I knew by that time what my diagnosis was and it was great to start treatment and to find stability... It took me a long time to find a med regime that would work but it was a beginning

I was working in Community Health at the time and I had to take a long break... Longer than needed really due to stigma..... xo