Well I was around 13 when I got diagnosed with bipolar and given medication for it by a doctor. I don't know what the medicine was called because my parents handled everything at the time. My parents and I ended up disliking her because of her rudeness after a few appointments so we moved to another doctor. The bipolar diagnosis was already in the system and from what I know, the next doctor didn't really look into it so I just stayed with it for a couple years. They kept calling it mood stabilizers.
I only realized what doctors meant when they called me bipolar a few years later when I went off my meds.
Out of nowhere I would have crazy episodes of panic attacks and severe depression and nothing triggered it or anything just one day woke up and felt horrible and then a couple days later or so I would feel fine and want to hang out with my friends again and do fun things.
I'm sorry I couldn't give you more information on what I mean on "small bipolar issue" I was only informed at a young age and it wasn't much so I downsize it cause I'm really not sure and I rather not speak about it with my family.

To answer your question about why I stopped my medication was because that entire time this was all happening I was taking around four to five different types. All of them were messing with my head and reacting with each other in a very negative way. Those years were traumatizing and my head automatically took some memories away but I know it made me extremely aggressive, I felt empty and bitter all the time and I wasn't myself at all. After many times of attempting to convince my mom to take me off my meds she finally did it and I prepared myself for whatever mental illness was coming my way. I learned how to cope with it myself.

From 13 to 15 I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar, ADHD, PTSD, and paranoia.

I'd also like to inform you that I'm 16, almost 17 in October.