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Originally Posted by gina_re
For those that say it has become worse with age, what exactly do you mean? Do the symptoms last longer? Do the symptoms become more severe? I already have a bad memory, so I'm already prepared for that to keep going downhill.
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My symptoms got more severe.
I started experiencing bipolar symptoms when I was 11, but I never sought treatment because my parents don't really "accept" mental illness.
My anger problems noticeably grew worse over the years. When I hit 14 years old, I threatened to stab my father and I threatened to bash him on the head with a brick. I also whipped my cell phone at his head, missed, and ended up cracking the window on our front door. (That's how hard I threw it.) And if you can imagine, my anger problems grew even WORSE over the years. By the time I was 20, I couldn't take it anymore and I finally sought help at my university, but I never went into therapy or took medication.
My anger wasn't the only thing that grew worse. I had experienced mild depression when I was 11, but it became more severe over the years. I actually wanted to commit suicide when I was doing my bachelor's degree, and I wanted to give up on everything. The only reason I didn't kill myself was because I was too scared to do it.
I don't know how my hypo/mania has changed. I never really noticed I had hypo/mania until a dr. pointed it out.