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Old Jun 24, 2015, 04:44 PM
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Oh I think I misunderstood the question, sorry. I can't pinpoint when I had my first dysphoric mania episode because I was having mental breakdowns as a young teenager due to issues at home. It's too hard to distinguish where I went from trauma related mental breakdowns to both trauma related mental breakdowns and issues with a mood disorder. In fact the dysphoric mania and the trauma-based episodes can be so similar that to this day I can't always tell them apart. When I start to hallucinate or not sleep for days then I know I've got a bipolar episode rolling, but that's sometimes about the only way I can tell.