I had one manic episode in 1997, and I was able to find a psychologist friend who told me if it was drug-Induced, it doesn’t count. That turned out to be bad advice (it was phen-fen). I wanted to be told this after a psychiatrist called me bipolar. I didn’t want it to be true.

I had nothing noticeable go many years, until 2015. (Another manic episode, this time triggered by insomnia from
In between those two events I had depression that was not helped by antidepressants (another clue—they just make me anxious).

I’ve had quite the miserable life. I wish I had listened the first time.

I’ve been diagnosed bipolar 1 or 2 by different doctors. The thinking there is maybe I’m just 2 because I’ve never been full-blown manic when it wasn’t drug-induced. I don’t know. Anyway, I’ve been told one manic episode means bipolar