Many people had Bipolar and Borderline. It’s not that usual, at all.

Bipolar is on a spectrum, it’s not a open and closed book. It’s not always hellish highs and extreme lows. Everyone has there own version of valleys and peaks.

I was treated off and on my life for depression, that’s usually when people seek help. I have a lifelong history of Anorexia and self harm. It wasn’t until my life just exploded that I again sought help.

I was diagnosed about 4-6 weeks later, my T told me his opinion and it took me about 30 seconds to look at my life and it all made perfect sense, finally. My T and Pdoc work out of the same office, my Pdoc fully agreed with my T so I began the Med Merry go Round. To help me find a balance.

So in reality it took about 30 years to get diagnosed because I didn’t see a psychiatrist long enough to detect a pattern. I also didn’t have the internet at my fingertips.

It’s always a good thing to revisit a Psychiarist about your diagnosis if you aren’t sure and I think a second opinion would help you.

I think people should not worry so much about the “ label” and focus more on what symptoms are making your life difficult.