Very true, I was 13 when diagnosed, And of course was in denial, I had 3 doctors diagnose me with Bi Polar manic depression, I have recently discovered why people like myself cannot Go off their medication, I recently had the bright idea that maybe those doctors were wrong, you know, the 90's were the decade that a pill solved everything. Well, I have become a monster without my meds, Not physically violent towards anyone, But hatred and anomosity towards everyone I love, blowing up over the dumbest things, punching walls and any object I could find at the moment, thoughts and actions suicide, severe happy sad moments, the smallest thing would turn that happy moment into a nightmare, I have recently gone back on my meds, I know this is off of the topic, but please anyone reading this, don't believe for a second that you are fine when you go off of medication, I am Bi Polar I know that now.