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In the discussion thread: How old were you when you were first diagnosed? [View all]

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Tue Jan 17, 2012, 04:32 AM

Tobin S. (5,558 posts)

1. I was 30 when I got the right diagnosis

I had been sick since I was 20. It was a hellish 10 years and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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29 replies	Author	Time	Post
How old were you when you were first diagnosed? [View all]	Neoma	Jan 2012	OP
I was 30 when I got the right diagnosis	Tobin S.	Jan 2012	#1
About 35 when they finally decided it was bipolar 2, but I was already in trouble by my preteens.	GreenPartyVoter	Feb 2012	#18
I was about 20 when	pipi_k	Jan 2012	#2
You think the medicine is any better now?	Neoma	Jan 2012	#3
54	postatomic	Jan 2012	#4
How'd you keep up the facade?	Neoma	Jan 2012	#5
I convinced myself that I was invincible	postatomic	Jan 2012	#6
I've used that kind of mindset before.	Neoma	Jan 2012	#7
When I was young they'd go out of their way NOT to diagnose.	hunter	Jan 2012	#8
Big time.	xfundy	Jan 2012	#10
I went through a bad spell in early 2001 and was really depressed	davidpdx	Jan 2012	#9
I was 29 when I was originally diagnosed with postpartum depression.	momto3	Jan 2012	#11
Get much hypomania?	Neoma	Jan 2012	#12
It cycles - obviously!	momto3	Feb 2012	#13
I react differently.	Neoma	Feb 2012	#14
I was majorly hypomanic after having both kids. No sleep for months on end plus messed up	GreenPartyVoter	Feb 2012	#19
I was 14 when I was diagnosed.	Pandaluver	Feb 2012	#15
My depression, PTSD ANC anxiety	easttexaslefty	Feb 2012	#16
I think most mental illness is triggered by stress.	Neoma	Feb 2012	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	MadrasT	Feb 2012	#20
Diagnosed with Asperger's and OCD at 15.	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#21
I haven't met anyone or read about aspergers.	Neoma	Feb 2012	#22
Well, that's kind of a broad question, LOL!	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#23
Ouch.	Neoma	Feb 2012	#24
Oh, I get sarcasm, it just takes longer to "process".	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#25
Hehe.	Neoma	Feb 2012	#26
I was 3.	laconicsax	Feb 2012	#27
31, though I most likely had this issue since I was a child.	Bradical79	Mar 2012	#28
15	ceile	Mar 2012	#29

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