I was recently officially diagnosed bipolar, after a string of hospitalizations and an attempt on my life. This led to a discussion between a friend and I about how all of the people with bipolar that we know ended up hospitalized multiple times before they got their diagnosis. So I was curious...what was your experience with bipolar diagnosis?

How were you diagnosed? After how many years of therapy? Was it the first diagnosis you received?

For me, it was 3 years into therapy and after 4 hospitalizations within a 5 month period. Even after that, it took another 8 months until I was officially diagnosed, a few days ago, but back in January was when I started getting medication for bipolar to evaluate if it helped.

I’m excited to hear the experiences of others!