[QUOTE=Miss Laura;2602141]Hey there,

When I was first diagnosised ie 1 month I felt relief as now I had a name for why I felt so lousy/high. But that soon vanished and I became hateful and in denial about the illness. I guess I am not 100% there either. I am slowly learning that I have Bipolar but learning that Bipolar does NOT define me is hard. I guess its a time thing. In time you will accept your diagnosis.
[/QU Hello after being misdiagnosed for many years for depression-i finally have been on medications for 7 months. I am happy that i am being treated,what surprises me is that there is some parts of being bipolar that i miss. Since being medicated, i lost a lot of self confidence in myself especially regarding how i look and feel about the way i look-the medications also have a side effect of short term memory loss-i am constantly repeating myself which is having a tendency of frustrating others, and constantly i am forgetting thing in general and losing my train of thought.