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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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1) My episodes were shorter, but I had a lot more of them/cycled much quicker
2) I had a few large ones (longest manic was a month, longest depression was about 6 months) and lots of shorter ones in between.
3) It was mostly depression.
4) I did cycle within episodes, especially longer ones
5) It was a pretty bad psychotic episode (no mood symptoms though). I was talking to my mother about some of my experiences and she took me to the doctors.
6) I was still in high school. I isolated myself from friends and family and my school work suffered. I couldn't handle working part time like many of my peers.
7) Yes, I only tried Lexapro and it did send me into my longest manic episode.