I was diagnosed with mdd at 14. The ad made me manic. Once she lowered my dose, I was no longer manic but remained hopelessly depressed. Then at 15, I stopped sleeping. I kept having “out of body” experiences. I also told lies and some serious delusions to my mom and dad. Mom will bring something up that she said I said totally off the wall even today and I will have absolutely no recollection.

Then around 17 or 18 I got so better I just assumed I was misdiagnosed and had been “healed”. I stopped taking meds within a couple of years and was mostly entirely stable for around 7-8 years when I had a major psychotic break. There was no denying my bp1 at that point and I know that I will always have to take meds.