So, just about all my life, I have had pretty bad anxiety. I used to have (what I thought were) panic attacks that would last hours and hours.

A deep, deep depression started for me in 1/16, and has not lifted.

Now with the Bipolar diagnosis, about a year ago, I wonder, was I in a hypo state all those years, and now I am in a depressive phase?

Since I had anxiety/panic for the last 40 years, and I doomed to have the depressiion side of my illness for the rest of my life???

Ugh. Bipolar is such a horrible thing. No 2 people's symptoms or illness is the same. Everyone is so different in how the cycle, when they cycle, etc.

Any insight? Does this make sense??