Our now 15 y/o daughter told us last spring, at the age of 14, 3 years after being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, that her doctor was wrong and she knew she had bipolar. Two weeks later she was admitted to a residential treatment center where she was diagnosed with bipolar! I am sure this diagnosis is accurate. Both of her bio parents had the disease. Substance abuse and suicide seems to run rampant through her bio family. Lithium works for her and stimulants send her into mania. She has other symptoms as well. I am not sure how we missed it all those years. I guess we had too much faith in the original diagnosis just because it came from a doctor.

Nancy