Thanks for this thread.. I like to hear others stories... We all have unique but somewhat similar ones... I would like to share mine as well but I too am afraid it would turn into a novel... Long story short.. Was diagnosed like 15 years ago ... I believe I am bipolar I w/psychosis. Messed with meds more than once(tried to ween myself of them because I thought they got diagnosis wrong ...I thought I just had a problem with self medicating with drugs and alcohol....

... End result was having manic episodes followed by crash and burn bouts of depression