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Legendary
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What age did you develop your disorder?
When were you first treated for it? Was it a straight line or did you have multiple dxs before your current? __________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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I was 7 when Anna showed up.
Hallucinations about 10 years ago. Mood issues about 18 years ago. I started therapy 27 years ago The most interesting diagnosis I had was intermittent explosive disorder. __________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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I was 33 (2005) when I first got diagnosed with bipolar. At first they said I had premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Then I saw an actual Pdoc who said it was bipolar NOS- not otherwise specified. Eventually my Pdoc said it was bipolar 1. I was diagnosed with depression while pregnant with N1 (1997) and post partum I’m depression after all 3. After N3 (2001) I know now it was post partum psychosis but no mental health professional would diagnose anything other than post partum depression.
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Started treatment at 17 (I think), first dx was psychotic disorder NOS, then psychotic depression, then bipolar NOS, then it was kinda a shyt show back and forth of bipolar I and all the specifiers, schizoaffective-bp, and schizophrenia, adding PTSD, BPD, bulimia/eating disorder-unspecified, and ADHD along the way with an interesting misdiagnosis of DID at one point.
I don't really know when my "first" BP episode was as I was always all over the place and was really, really out of it in my teens especially later (if someone asked me about a teacher I had for 3+ semesters in high school I wouldn't know who they're talking about), but my first full blown hospitalization level mania was when I was 18 (10 yrs ago, where they said "Yeah, BPI") __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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