I've read a decent amount of posts on here about people questioning the diagnosis, upset at the diagnosis, not sure what to think about the diagnosis, etc. I feel like I am in the minority here because I'm glad I got my diagnosis. For years I would always cry about what was wrong with me. What is this and why couldn't anyone give me an answer to my behavior. I had been to psychiatrists and hospitals, but I was never really told what was going on. They just kept giving me drugs. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. It was all a blur. Then in 2009 when I was having another depressive/irritable episode I went to yet another psychiatrist. She told me I had bipolar depression and explained to me why. I didn't quite understand it at first but I took the drugs and my irritability came down, my depression also disappeared. I read as much as I could about bipolar disorder. The more I read, the more everything made sense to me. I was happy to have an answer to my erratic behavior. I now am better at managing my symptoms now that I understand what they are. I'm somewhat grateful because I was able to get my life back on track and have done a complete 180 since then.
Am I really in the minority of actually being relieved to have been diagnosed? Just curious.