When I was officially diagnosed, I had just graduated from college and my whole life was thrown upside down. Everything changed! I moved home and lost most of the freedom I came to know in college. I didn't know very many people that lived close to me and my best friend and I were on thin ice with each other. I thought I was just depressed, but the fact that some days I was fine threw me off. It had been suspected that I was bipolar when I was a senior in college cuz no one ever knew what I'd do next. I was on a crazy rollercoaster of emotions that tore my relationships apart, and yet some days I was a perfectly normal 21 yr old. At the time my drinking was out of control too, so that probably made things worse.