Sadly, I am 61 yrs old and just now being dxd. I believe the reason is that my life has been a series of crisis management since I was 15 yrs old. It has only been in the past couple of years that my life has leveled out a bit.

I talked to my Mom over this past weekend and re-asked the question I have asked several times in the past; just needed one more confirmation that my Dad was diagnosed in his 30s as Bipolar. My mother added that she thought he also had Schziod tendencies too, the not dxd. As I child I just remember home being a scary place to be.

So, when I changed psychiatrist last year for meds management, she noted at the first appt with me that I was somewhat bipolar and added Lamictal to the Nortriptyline. I was put on Nor at Johns Hopkins last fall 2009. I was there for a month...long time.

Yes, it is good to have a name put on my 'behavior', but this last episode was one of the worst and knowing I have BP I now has many, many questions. I will begin with my psychologist tomorrow and next week bring many questions to the psychiatrist.