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#1
May 10, 2013, 11:02 AM
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Hard to tell for me, but it was somewhere 16-17. I want to know if my age could be why my symptoms are getting worse.
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May 10, 2013, 11:44 AM
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Around 16 it got bad, around 21 it got worse.
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May 10, 2013, 11:57 AM
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Definitly 15...
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May 10, 2013, 12:56 PM
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I was very very young when it started. My son has always had issues.
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May 10, 2013, 01:03 PM
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Mine started getting really bad when I was around 14.
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May 10, 2013, 01:37 PM
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My first episode was 16. I did not get any treatment and it subsided. The next bad one in my early 20s got me hospitalized.
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May 10, 2013, 01:44 PM
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My first episode was depression at age 35.
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May 10, 2013, 02:23 PM
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Mine remained consistently bad from 14-21....
I think it was worst around 17 i was undiagnosed and un-medicated. Self-harming, suicidal, not sleeping much, paranoid and delusional, didn't go to school, ocasionally slept in my closet... so i would say that was when it started getting worse than it had been, mind you, i had been self-harming and had over 100+ cuts by age 15. |
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#9
May 10, 2013, 03:05 PM
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I had episodes in my 20's but didn't have a really bad one until I was 36.
I was self-medicating in my teens and 20's. |
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May 10, 2013, 03:58 PM
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I was completely insane between 12-16. I've never had moods like that since.
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May 10, 2013, 04:25 PM
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15, but brushed off as "typical teenager".
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May 10, 2013, 09:38 PM
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at 15 - 17 certanly showed signs, having lots of friends to having no friends at all on and off in highschool. I just assumed it was everyone else, no one wanted to be friends. Then oh these people are cool. No it was probably just me. depressive thoughts to aggressive, energetic behavior. Wanting all the attention and getting it doing stupid things.
But it got really bad where I could feel something happening with my mood and feelings at 18. |
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May 11, 2013, 06:08 AM
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10-16 were fairly bad - mainly depressed, mixed eps tho
17 - first major breakdown 17-27 - mood swing city (didnt realize anti-ds could have made it worse) 28 - next breakdown, extreme mood swings, hospitalized 29 - now. Still swinging but meds getting it under control |
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May 11, 2013, 11:39 AM
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Pretty similar to most it seems:
Started at 16/17 with depression mostly. Just being "angsty", The first time it felt really bad was when I was about 24 with a two month manic episode. Didn't end up in the hospital (somehow) but I DID end up with a crap ton of debt. Awesome. I had a series of intense episodes after having my daughter at 29 and have been really struggling with it the past few years. Finally feel like I'm getting things under control though.
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May 11, 2013, 02:15 PM
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Definitely worst at 15-17
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May 11, 2013, 02:32 PM
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11-21.
I tried to commit suicide twice within this frame. I was dx at 19 and was in constant treatment until I turned 23. Mostly stable now. |
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May 11, 2013, 04:17 PM
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I would say I was about 19 or at least looking back that's when i noticed something was not quiet right..
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May 11, 2013, 05:49 PM
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mine started getting bad after having my first child at 25. until then i was up and down but could fly under the radar. my last episode was the worst and i am in my late 30's (circumstantial after a cross country move). I have not used mood stabilizers before and I think it is working. Been on Li for 1.5 months now.
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May 11, 2013, 08:09 PM
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they started getting bad at my current age ...
 and if you want to ask me my current age... my answer is same for last couple of years- i am 25...  and i will remain 25 for next 5 years...
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May 11, 2013, 08:16 PM
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Mine were worse in my mid-40s when I became perimenopausal.
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May 11, 2013, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
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May 11, 2013, 08:44 PM
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20. Massive life-altering crash out of nowhere. Hit when I'd been having the best time of my life, actually. Made no sense whatsoever.
Been on this ****ing roller coaster ever since. Decades. It long ago left the realm of being able to be chalked up to anything but straight up bipolar. Friggin' classic case. 
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May 12, 2013, 09:13 AM
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May 12, 2013, 07:49 PM
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For me, it was age 17. Got worse when I was 20 and then I started medication.
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