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Originally Posted by beatlefreak123
For me, bipolar disorder is genetic. I truly believe I've had it all my life Even though I was diagnosed fairly young (18 for depression and 23 for bipolar), I remember times when I was a young child and having bouts of depression and not knowing what the heck was really wrong with me. I have a few members of my immediate family with bipolar.
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Same here. Bipolar runs in my family on the one side. There is definitely a genetic component involved IMO. I was diagnosed at 18 but had wondered if I was bipolar for a long time before that. My mother noticed differences in me when I was young as well.