Thanks a bunch everyone.

Wow vjdragonfly, and here I thought my diagnosis took forever. It's still hard for me to tell the difference between what were my bipolar symptoms, and what was just me being a moody crazy teenager. I guess getting misdiagnosed isn't so rare.

There's so many stigmas I have to get over too. I'm afraid if I go to a support group, people will either lash out at me or seem interested in becoming my friend but then disappear on me. I had a boyfriend who was bipolar back in high school. He one day just stopped talking to me and I could never get him to speak to me until a year later. Everyone experiences it differently though