I was a pretty "normal" kid with a very stable and loving household. I did lack confidence and my older brother had a lot of behavior issues until he was in middle school. At 13 I developed and eating disorder and at 17 was hospitalized for depression and suicide attempt.

Looking back I don't notice any signs of bipolar until adult. In my teens I had anorexia and depression and my first few years at college were in a drunken high blur, so all that may have hidden it. Not till my 20s did I notice that my depression would come and go for no reason and once I had kids my random rage started. Also my phases of ideas (I was going to be an artist, a female figure model- ha ha- an artist again, etc etc) I started noticing around age 30.