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Old Jun 26, 2016, 05:47 PM
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I recently read an academic paper which examined the worsening of symptoms for bipolar patients as they aged. I didn't share it here because it was such depressing news.
Kindling, right? I wonder if that's what happened with me. I went unmedicated for more than a decade and had numerous episodes during that time.

I just hate this. I feel like I've given myself brain damage by waiting so long for medication. I don't want the mania and the psychosis. I want my life back.
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