At 19 I was diagnosed with severe depression, put me on antidepressants-I went way manic.

Roamed wild for about three years. Went through this back and forth state self-medicating with drugs until September of 2006 when I finally received the BP diagnosis.

I would say the classic "and we all lived happily ever after" but I think everyone here knows that's not quite true.

At 14 they diagnosed my with severe adolescent adjustment disorder. Haven't heard of it since, wondering what the hell was that?

At30 diagnosed with Asper's Syndrome. Didn't explain all symptoms. At 33 dx Paranoid Schizophrenia. At 35 changed to Schizo-affective bipolar type.

Age 27 diagnosed with anxiety/panic disorder.
Put on zoloft and went into severe manic episode for 3m0nths.
Diagnosed bipolar 1. Ended up in hospital after suicide attempt. Given comorbid dx of borderline personality disorder.

Well, I avoided Dx for years as i was well aware of the issue and mostly had it under control. Age of onset of suicidal depression 10

Age of Rx 23 at 33 i still don't have the right meds as I am sensitive.

At age 6 w/ attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity , age 16 w/ severe depression, age 21 w/ a mood disorder and officially diagnosed at age 29 with bipolar 1 w/ anxiety.

I was diagnosed at 14! Went on meds, and I didn't like the way they made me feel, I felt like I lost what was essentially me. Went and self medicated for a couple of years...

I was 6 when I received a custard pie in the face.

19 when hit on the head with a frying pan.

28 when walking down a street a piano fell on me.It was being winched up by some removal company.

So that's what happened to you.

That explains it all dear.

xx

Age 32 with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder, "converted to BP 2 in 2002 where none of the meds worked for me so I ended up with ECT that saved my life but did give me some memory loss.

I had a very manic youth and depressive adulthood. Had a nervous breakdown at 47 and dxed with schizoaffective disorder, chronic, bipolar type and general anxiety disorder with agoraphobia. It's a tongue twister!
peace, teresa

I'm 47 now.
I was diagnosed as BP1 in 1995.
I was 35 then.
Many times ppl do not get properly diagnosed for years .. I believe some are born with it.

I have allways new something about me was different, diagnosed with depression at 17, severe depression at 38 than bipolar 1 at 43 when i ended up on mental health ward last year.

Dx'd w/situational depression at 29.

Onset of severe mental illness at 33, but refused to see pdocs, so... no dx...

...until 36. They mistakenly dx'd me w/schizophrenia.

Properly dx'd after a suicide attempt at age 40... schizoaffective, bipolar type.

I was diagnosed at age 18 with bipolar disorder. I couldnt accept it because my father refused to support it. Diagnosed again at age 28 and finally accepted it and began to recieve serious treatment for it. Up until age 28 I developed my own coping skills through therapy I was recieving off and on. Depression has always been prevelent in my disorder. I have been treated mostly for depression in my life until age 28 when I began treatment with meds for bipolar two disorder. I take a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant.