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Originally Posted by BPgf
Were your episodes longer or shorter? How long or short?
Did you have mini episodes and large ones?
Was it mostly depression or mostly (hypo)manic?
Did you cycle within a given episode or was it pretty solidly up or down?
Was it a really bad episodes that made you seek treatment, or the gradual realization?
What effect did your undiagnosed/untreated bipolar have on your family, friends, work life, school life, etc?
Were you on antidepressants? If so, did they make you manic or did they simply poop out on you?
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A-Long and seasonal.
B-Depression in the winter (deep dark depressions) hypo in the spring by late July-August pretty manic.
C-Solidly up or down. With meds I cycle more but it's not as way up or way down.
D-A pretty bad psychosis, I lost touch with reality.
E-Oh lots of loss of friendships. Lots of fighting with my family it was hard.
Did pretty good in college until I just became overwhelmed. Lots of jobs that lasted 1-2 yrs. Didn't hold down jobs long.
F-I was on AD's and old school ad's for sleep since I had my son. But when I went into the psychosis I wasn't taking them. But I had been on them on and off.