It's amazing how different our brains are with tolerating all these meds. I was finally diagnosed bipolar 7 months ago after 20 years of a unipolar depressive diagnosis. I never recognized the hypo mania symptoms or the cyclical seasonal depressions as bipolar. Nor did my many Drs over those many years.

What I never expected though, was this frustrating and scary journey of taking med after med trying to find one my body could tolerate. my family and friends saw me go thru a very bad time on the anti-psychotic meds. I could barely function and experienced my first true hyper manic state of my life. I even had the DNA test done but it didn't prove to be as helpful as we'd hoped it would be. I continue every day to try to be hopeful that I can manage this illness, and feel a sense of calm within me. I feel better than I did a week ago so I'm headed in the right direction. Thanks for your support.