Hi, I'm a 22 year old woman and I'm not sure which type I am, but I've been treated for Bipolar for a few years now. I was misdiagnosed as severely depressed at age 11 and was on antidepressants until I was 16, which wasn't a pleasant experience because they made me feel really wrong and sick. Once I was 16 and could decide my treatment, I opted to stop the antidepressants and was diagnosed as bipolar when I had my first manic episode when I was 19. I've been hospitalized because of my depressive episodes twice, when I was 18 and 21.

But right now, for the first time in my life, I feel good. I'm finally on a medication that works for me and my life is starting to turn around as an effect. I really hope it stays this way for a while.