First off, I'm in my early 20's and diagnosed by my pdoc with schizoaffective bipolar type, but I'm going to an IOP where I'm diagnosed bipolar 1 with psychotic features. Either way I'm struggling with mood swings and psychosis.
So the IOP pdoc says bipolar is worse in the early 20's and thinks I won't have an issue with my disorder in just a few years. Now I've been on enough forums and in enough hospitals to know that mood disorders and psychotic disorders aren't just a young person thing. I'm not sure if he actually thinks that or if he thinks he's giving me hope or what.
I want to know if he's right that late teens/early 20's are the worst. I've also heard of kindling theory where it gets worse as time goes on so... idk.