[ChristophrLV]

I'm lost. This is going to be a long post, but I beg you to read this. I need guidance.

Hello, my name is Christopher and I'm 18 and I'm lost.

Let me start off with my childhood, I grew up without my father due to drug abuse and I had a stepfather who stepped in. My childhood was filled with witnessing domestic violence, cheating, and mental abuse which was thrown at me. I was the kid who did really well in school and behaved in public but at home I was an emotional wreck, I argued a lot, cried, hypersensitive, and just overall a distraught child. I use to be hypersexual.. I was thinking of sexual activity at the age of 7 and I was never sexually abused.

As I grew older I began to just become more depressed, but always was a star student and a good person in the public eye. The majority of my teen years I would sleep and was just generally exhausted & unhappy with everything around me.. I always felt like the black sheep and that no one understood me..

At age 16 when I left my parent's home due to the fighting with my stepdad and moved to my aunts, I began to explore with painkillers.. I was addicted to pain killers for 1 1/2 years (I am sober now) and that were the years I felt most like myself.. if that makes anysense. I felt manic, ontop of the world. The pain killers gave me energy and stablized my mood.. I felt like I was OK

I got off pain killers 3 months ago and I'm a wreck. It's not even due to the painkillers.. I don't have cravings and I do not want them.. I think, I numbed my symptoms for 2 years and now that I can't numb them they're over boiling.

Right now I am:
Depressed
Sometimes I feel dettached form reality when I'm alone
I argue with everyone
I don't think before I speak
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy and am trapped in my mind


I'm seeing a therapist and a psych in the next week and I'm just worried what they'll say.. Does this sound like you? Do I have bipolar or am I battling something else?

Please, give me advice and help.. What should I do?

Btw: i take care of myself physically, I'm a vegan, I don't eat gluten, all organic and I run.

[ChristophrLV]

Quick Note: Please, read all of this. I am lost and I need guidance.

Hello, My name is Christopher. I’m 18 years old and I’m currently thinking I am bipolar.

Let’s start off with my childhood, I grew up without a father due to drug use but I had a stepdad who stepped into the picture when I was 3 years old. I grew up seeing domestic violence, cheating, and mental abuse thrown towards my way from the ages of 3 to 16. My behavior was sporadic. I was always an intelligent amazing school kid but at home I was hypersensitive and sad. I would cry excessive and things that would normally not bother people would bother me to the point of exhaustion. Also, I was hyper sexual. I was thinking of sex at the young age of 7 and I do not know if that is normal.

As I grew older, I became more and more depressed. I would sleep a lot and just lost interest in almost all things. I left middle school due to emotional issues and began homeschooling. When I hit the age of 16, I left home due to emotional abuse and moved into my aunt’s house where I first discovered that I had fibromyalgia which i was prescribed Vicodin due to pain.

I became needy for them real quickly due to the medication causing me to have motivation, happiness, and calming of the mind. I was taking them for almost 2 years (I do not take any anymore) and that was the best two years I’ve had growing up. I was myself, but to anyone reading this thinking of doing drugs.. don’t.. withdrawals are hell on earth, people.

Anyways, I am now not using any type of medication and have not for four months. I believe the pain medication numbed my emotions and caused me to not experience any symptoms besides Mania ( i felt onto of the world)

Currently I have symptoms of:
Depression
Detached from reality/trapped in mind feeling when alone
I argue with everyone
I don’t think before speaking
I talk fast
and my brain is always racing

I do not know if I am bipolar but I am seeing a therapist and psych in the next week or so.

Does this sound like you? Do you have any advice for me? Does this sound like bipolar?