hi there well i am 32 and i have been diagnoised 5 months ago all through my 20s they said it was this or that and its nice that they can reconise thyat i aint a strang one

I didn't start actively seeking help until last year. My husband and parents were against it so I gave in. I'm just happy to see that other people are seeking help instead of waiting as long as I did. I basically waited until I broke down.

so did i and im one of the 20 somethings. i waited til i was a jibbering mess literally curled up in a ball in the corner of my lounge room til someone dragged me down to the hospital and forced me to seek help. best thing i ever did. I guess i just broke down earlier than some others. Now the abuse and things have started again, i am in a slightly btter position to deal with it because i have some guidance under my belt.
I am glad to see others of my age and younger who are taking the neccissary steps to make themselves stronger people who can embrace life and make it worthwhile before they lose the chance.

i just turned 24 back in July. my mom tried forcing me to get help when i was a teenager, but her plan didnt work. I didnt start getting help until back in March of 2006 when i decided that i had enough and didnt want to feel the way i did anymore.

I'm 26, and this has been a very long process for me. My first hospitalization happened at 15. I spent two months in two different hospitals for various problems due to experiencing a lot of trauma. Back then, I was diagnosed with Major Depression and PTSD, put on meds, and sent home. I soon after stopped taking my meds.

Then a few years ago, I broke down again. It began with being unsatisfied with my work because I started a difficult job where much training was needed. Being a perfectionist and ALWAYS striving to be the very best at my job, I developed a lot of anxiety and, at times, depression which lead to severe panic attacks. Shortly after, my work was done. It has only gotten worse since then. Now I have about nine hospitalizations under my belt and many, MANY hours of therapy. I've been on most every psychotropic drug known to man, and as a result, have developed a high tolerance to meds. I am now said to suffer from Bipolar I Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Panic Disorder, and sometimes, psychosis is added because of my delusional thinking.

I don't think it would ever have been possible for me to make it to 30 without knowing the things I know. I am extremely self destructive and wouldn't have been able to avoid a hospital for that long, and having been treated by so many doctors and therapists who all seem to say the same things of me, I can't deny my numerous dx's. I just pray to God that, someway, somehow...the life ahead of me is a better one. I've had enough of this one.