Age 56. Official diagnosis age 41. Incorrect diagnosis of MDD age 35, when I became addicted to tramadol, horribly. Awful, incredibly dangerous drug for someone with MDD or bp 1 or 2. Should be taken off the market.

Hypo episodes nearly constantly as a child, inlcuding under the age of ten. Too many to count. Also, super irritable at times.

First major depressive episode age 17.

First psychotic episode age 41.

First full-on vision age 41. I have had many of these. People consider them psychosis off-shoots, but I do not, as 90% of mine have all come completely, 100% true in every single respect. I hate tehm as a result, because you cannot stop what is previewed from happening, no matter what measures you may try to take. They are preordainged and will happen, virtually 100% of the time.

Now, most episodes are a mix of mania (dysphoric/agitated/raging) and psychosis.

Spent this past October through about three weeks ago mostly psychotic and manic most of the time, more that 50% of teh time, overall, I would say.

I do experience quite a few of what I term mini-episodes, which may be only a couple of days in length. These can be any kind, including, still, sometimes, depressive. As I have shared, the DSM-V does not describe my life accurately at all. As I have also said, my pdoc asked the publisher for one. He said he needed a nice, new door stop... He makes me laugh...