@Scatterbrained04

Thanks very much!

@Singer47



First, my apologies to have quoted you in this post, it is not my intention to put-off genuine people from helping others and sharing their experiences and thoughts in the forum.

I am aware I am not a psychiatrist or qualified for making self-diagnosis of my condition and neither am I going to blindly trust the words of a well-meaning someone on an internet forum to make that diagnosis for me.

Like I have admitted in my original post, I have already sought professional help and am awaiting the referral to come through from psychiatry (pdoc as is referred herein PC) and in the country where I reside in, there is no clear timeline for this. So, I am left waiting.

All I am trying to do, by posting in the bipolar sub-forum is to see if there is someone else who share similar symptoms or experiences as me and are able to share their personal story and experience with me so I can draw a parallel or/and understand my situation better.

Likewise, someone who is quietly reading without posting and is reluctant to bare it all may benefit from reading my experience and may feel a little comforted that there are others who go through what they are going through and may feel encouraged to comment and say 'hey, that sounds like me'.

When I originally discovered psychcentral, I was only posting in the 'depression' sub-forum (thinking that was what I had) and not even visiting or reading 'bipolar' forum until I slowly discovered that what I may have could be bipolar, and also later in my first visit to my GP hypomania and cyclothymia were mentioned to me along with unipolar depression.

The reason to re-post in this 'bipolar' sub-forum was to seek if someone has experienced or better understood what I have been going through.

I also know too well, what works for one does not work for another and there is no "one shoe fits all" solution. Each person and their situation is unique.

The primary purpose of this or any internet forum is to discuss, have a healthy debate, and share experiences to help one and another.

Obviously, I am going to be 100% honest with my pdoc as I genuinely seek a solution and to cope with my situation better which I have been struggling for a really long time!

All I am trying to do is gather as much information and data on the table to help me make an informed decision and am not in any hurry for self-diagnosis or self-medication.

If you wish I can request a moderator to edit and remove the reference to yourself if that would help.

Thanks again and wish you well.

@Natsukikuga

Thanks for writing in.

Was never too fussed about grades in school mate so doesn't matter to be honest, if that is all it is, like a number on a piece of paper.

It's all too much information and still very early days for me in understanding my situation better, slowly someday, I will get to a point when I don't care about it much and it's all behind me.

Cheers!