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Originally Posted by Ms.Wildside
Hello all. I am weary of posting my real name pretty much anywhere online so I will go by nickname Ms.Wildside. A lot of people just call me Wildside.
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Welcome!
[qoute] Anyways, I am 27 years old and was diagnosed as bipolar in February of this year. [/quote]
Me too! But I was diagnosed in January.
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Honestly since I was a kid, I felt as if there was something off about me (I don't know how else to describe it);
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Me too!
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Because of this I tries to hide my issues as best I could.
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Me too!
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After years of hiding, several relationships with abusive men, and trying to cope through drug and alcohol, I decided it was time for a change...
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Me too! Except abusive women in my case.
The rest of your story is similar to mine....I also found someone that totally changed my life...she is the best...after living with her for a while...and getting married, I quit drinking and doing drugs, even quit smoking...because I wanted to spend my days with quality with her....that's when my issues really came to light. I always had rage moments brought about my high anxiety...but they got really worse without alcohol, drugs and tobacco as medication....so my wife asked me to get a mental health assessment for depress....
Turns out I have BP...not ADHD that I was diagnosed as a kid. This was like "Wow...really Bi Polar...nah...not me...." But it made sense and eventually I accepted it...
Now medicated for the last half a year, I haven't had any rage moments, and except for a 3 month period of depression (which I am now medicated against happening again)...I have been pretty happy....still get hypomanic, but I don't rage when it happens anymore...
So, you are in the right place...we all have lots of commonalities in our stories.