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Just a little factoid, the biggest bump is diagnosed in that late teen, early twenty lump; but there are like three clumps in the diagnostic timeline, mid 30s being one; and 50'ish being the other. But it is diagnosed all through life. I was diag'ed at 51.
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I've seen some other posts over the last couple days where people were diagnosed in their mid-teens. I have read somewhere (no clue where at this point) that generally MI professionals don't diagnose Bipolar in teens (prior to 18) because of the emotional instability that can come with just being a teen, but I'm sure there are situations where that has not been followed and where symptoms overrule that. My daughter was diagnosed Bipolar 2 a month after she turned 18 while IP. Her regular PDoc isn't convinced she is though. I'm not a professional by any means, just a Mom.
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