Wasn't dx'd when I had him (he's 24 now), so yes, sad to say it impacted him. My untreated MIs could not have been fun for him, after all. But I'd most say he's impacted because he may have it. He's definitely dealt with bad depression, including suicidality. More than once. They put him on meds. But not a stabilizer, which has me nervous, but I told him what to watch out for. He had contacted me over his concerns because, well, no judgement, right?

He's pretty empathetic and didn't even bat an eye when I got dx'd. Funnily enough, he had "dx'd" me a few years earlier when he was 13. Sitting on a plane, he showed me that ad (think it was for Abilify) where the lady was all over the place. "That's you", he said. "Nah, I've never called anyone at 3 am.", I replied (pointing to the ONE thing that didn't apply to me on it, lol.) "Yes it is.", he insisted.

And he was right.