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I’m a mother, wife, teacher, daughter, sister and granddaughter. I am also living with bipolar disorder (type I). I never knew I was bipolar, although it definitely runs in my family. I was 31 and the mother of two very young girls when I had my first manic episode.
I had everything going for me at 19- senior in college, singer in a wedding/bar mitzvah band, engaged to be married, etc. Then, boom, I had depressive and manic episodes......
A Vet's Story.......I was diagnosed as bipolar after returning from Iraq.
My daughter came home pregnant when she was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia. We became guardians, later adopting her first and now second son.
I am proud of my mother who is 80 years old. Nearly 40 years ago, my mother was diagnosed as manic depressive (bipolar).
A Wife's Story...Many of us dreamed of the day we would meet "the one". We dreamed of all the fun times we would have and how everything would be perfect. Well, life isn't perfect. I met "the one" in high school, a wonderful, kind, and genuine man.
If I can recover, there is hope for anyone!! I have been diagnosed (in the past) with an eating disorder, social anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder, and depression.
My daughter was born with colic and reflux. It wasn't until she was 6 months old that I admitted I had post partum depression.
When I walked into the doctor’s office on May 9th, 2011, I wasn’t expecting to be diagnosed with unintentional post-traumatic stress disorder.
This is the first time in my adult life that I have felt like myself, and not had the sense that something was terribly wrong. Bipolar disorder was what was terribly wrong. My brain cycled between extremes for years.