My onset w/ BP1 was at age 35. I was first misdiagnosed w/ depression when in fact I was going through a BP depression episode. After being put on a AD and flipping to mania, my diagnoses was corrected (age 36). I've been attending therapy since my diagnoses (July 2012). Although I just got started. I plan on participating in therapy as long as a have episodes. I have went from weekly appts to every two weeks. If I'm dealing with something stressful or something big is going to take place. I start going back to therapy weekly. I would even opt to seeing my therapist one a month "if" I have been stable a long period of time w/ no episodes. While medicated, I've only had 1-1/2 month break from having a episode. I'm going through one now, it started Oct 2012. I'm dealing w/ my pdoc trying to find the right med combo.
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