My name is Debbie, I am 33, a single mom with two girls, ages 9 and 15, in North Carolina. I was first diagnosed with dysthymia at age 8, I guess Bipolar with no ups. With age I have shifted slowly from always down to the last few years i rarely cry at all, but ultra rapid cycling. I also have PTSD, OCD, panic disorder, ADHD, and for many years they said I had borderline personality disorder. I had a bad med interaction a few years ago causing some minor brain damage, so I now suffer from dissociative fugues, frequent blackouts lasting from a few hours to a week or so. Anyway, I am truly hopeful that if nothing else, I will stop getting worse, my girls need me, so I am doing everything in my power to give them just that.