[Woolly Bugger]

I learned at a very young age that my father, was, in fact, not my real father, and that I had been adopted. It is a complicated story, but this knowledge made me very insecure and basically gave me a negative view of life and the world. I often wonder if that had not happened to me, if I would have still ended up being bipolar. My feeling is no, I would have been fine and that my bipolar disorder would never have developed.

Do you agree? Do you have any similar experiences?

By the way, my biological father, who I first met in my twenties, turned out to be bipolar, an alcoholic, a school teacher, and a fly fisherman, just like me.

[fishin fool]

First, all the best people are fisherman.
I am no expert but if you father is bipolar and may have other issues that you also have
than I think you would have had bipolar either way.
My mom had untreated MI and I had untreated MI for many years before getting help.
Just my thoughts on it.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I think that the fact of your bio father having BP means you were going to get it, adopted or not. They say that BP can first come out during a major crisis so I very well believe that your issue with your childhood made BP come out then. Others may believe different though.

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[cashart10]

I was diagnosed with MDD at 14. The only trigger I know is that I had switched from a small school (about 19 people) with people I had known since first grade to a performing arts high school that had about 350 people. I was completely culture shocked.

That said, the episode was explosive. I started having to leave school fairly often because of my delusions and fears (ie: that my geometry teacher was an alien). I was a complete mess and the antidepressant I was given caused me to become manic. And that mania, when it showed up, was completely bizarre. I was outside at 11 PM doing cartwheels and I'm fairly certain my mom was afraid I would attempt to fly. I tried other antidepressants and it wasn't until I found a new psychiatrist (at 15) who accurately diagnosed me that they knew what to look for. I acted out frequently. I would regularly leave my geometry class and hide in the bathroom.

I also was leaving school, or melting down, or behaving irrationally so often that my parents pulled me out my sophomore year and I did a "home hospital" type of home schooling. I spent the rest of my high school career at a school that incorporated both "regular" students and those with disabilities. There, I could interrupt class by singing I Got Friends in Low Places and have it received with uproarious laughter and singing along instead of being disciplined.

I feel extremely blessed that they found it when I was a teen despite having such disbelief over several years.

[Skeezyks]

The Skeezyks has a whole laundry list of things that happened when he was young that may or may not have caused him to end up being the toxic mess he turned out to be. It's all a ball of twisted wire that will never be unsnarled now. I've toyed with the idea of posting a Thread with regard to some of it. But I seldom post my own Threads. Besides, what difference would it make. It's all just what it is... I hope you are finding a way to make peace with yours...

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

The Skeezyks has a whole laundry list of things that happened when he was young that may or may not have caused him to end up being the toxic mess he turned out to be. It's all a ball of twisted wire that will never be unsnarled now. I've toyed with the idea of posting a Thread with regard to some of it. But I seldom post my own Threads. Besides, what difference would it make. It's all just what it is... I hope you are finding a way to make peace with yours...

I encourage you to post! Your around here so much and I'm sure we all would love to get to know you. ((Hugs))

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