Before diagnosis? Several minor suicide attempts, self-injury, phases of excessive drinking, promiscuity, drug use, insomnia, bursts of creativity, some hallucinations and dellusional thinking, debt, moving around the world, getting stuck in foriegn lands with no money. All this was in phases, before diagnosis bipolar symptoms and some poor coping skills.

Was diagnosed bipolar, then within the same year depression (I ignored the bipolar diagnosis the first time went really manic on Prozac which led to more drugs, drinking and a serious suicide attempt) at 19. Then a few years later depression with anxiety, possibly bipolar because I had mentioned the previous diagnosis, then confirmed bipolar.

They say I got bipolar 2 but, I still have the habit of minimizing symptoms and am probably closer to 1 maybe a bipolar 1.5!