I was only dxed nov 2012, but remember as a teenager going to doc for anxiety and being given valium which had no effect whatsoever. Have felt my entire life as a pingpong ball in a hurricane I feel some sort of mental issue has been always there. It played into my hyper religiousness from my teens on. freeing myself from bad religion and finding meds I am finally very stable with slight depressive trends. working on that slowly now..