I'm 20. So, younger than Abe.

I was dx-ed in April with bipolar II. I've endured ADD symptoms throughout my entire childhood, but still haven't gotten that diagnosed (the pdocs I've seen say that it's important to get mood under control before looking for/treating ADD). I had a break in my life at 12, where my entire personality changed. I went from being very extroverted to socially withdrawn, lost interest in things my peers enjoyed (but gained interest in things like the nature of time and life), lost most of my self-esteem, and even had some beliefs that almost certainly were delusions. Looking back, that likely was my 1st depression, though no one suspected anything was wrong (so, no treatment). High school was a series of highs and lows of varying severity..learned Latin in a month, set the curve in biology, made new friends...then lost friends, self-esteem plummeted...rinse and repeat...ended on a fairly serious low. Experienced a yet even stronger depression 1st semester of college, which lead me to seek treatment second semester, when I realized that college wasn't going to magically make my life wonderful.

So that's my life story. Don't know why I felt compelled to write it all out...