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Originally Posted by grizmom
I was diagnosed at age 19 after being hospitalized because of my anorexia. I had known something was wrong since I was in grade school, and I knew that I had depression, but I didn't realize that my "happy" times were actually hypomania. I also have mixed episodes; they are usually associated with bipolar 1, but I have never had the high mania, only hypomania, and I only had 1 psychotic episode, but that was because they put me on prozac, once they got me off the prozac it never happened again.
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Didn't mention it, but I too knew something was wrong by the age of 7. I was very depressed and detached from life. I'd also get these super silly periods where I had out of control energy and couldn't sit still in my seat. I got sent to the corner a lot for that. This was before they started dispensing the dx of ADHD like candy.
Although I was officially dx'd at age 29, I was first put on an anti-depressant, Paxil, at age 20. That caused a semi-psychotic episode and I vowed to never take rx drugs again. That vow lasted until I was 28 and the depression was too severe and without breaks of relief.
Most other SSRIs didn't relieve my depression and made me lethargic. I experienced anhedonia on them.