Hello and welcome

I was not diagnosed with bipolar until about age forty. Looking back now that I know more about the disease I believe that I have had symptoms since high school but I was intelligent and high functioning and did not see a psychiatrist until my PTSD disrupted my life.

Different people experience different symptoms of bipolar. I have some mood changes but I have more pronounced changes in energy and sleep pattern.

Sometimes it takes several tries to find a medication that helps. It took me about seven years to find a combination of meds that levels me out.