I've had symptoms since I was around 14/15. My sister is MI, and told me repeatedly that I should go to a pdoc. When I was 23, I was diagnosed as having GAD. At 30 my General Practitioner referred me to a pdoc. I ended up being told I was Bipolar I and BPD. Looking back, I see many instances of bp behavior. I've been so depressed that I've attempted suicide twice. I've been manic much more than depressed. My worst episodes involve spending massive amounts of money, and terrible decisions about love and sex, and alcohol and drug use. I sat down and counted the jobs I've had, and I've had 17 jobs in 17 years, but I was unemployed 6 of those. I've been in many verbal altercations and a couple of physical ones. This never struck me as odd behavior.