Today, I was told I have bipolar disorder. I'm 31. It took so long to diagnose because my mom always figured I was "just a super bitch half the time." FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I was misdiagnosed with ADHD 10 years ago and instead have bipolar disorder. For the last 10 years I have been taking meds that helped me focus on my manic / depressive state. FML
Today, after a lifetime of struggles, I was finally officially diagnosed with ADHD. Thanks to years of ridicule, punishments, humiliation and even beatings over something I literally could not control, I also have terrible depression and anxiety. My mom still thinks I’m making it all up. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I have no idea if when I feel an emotion if it's me or my disorder. I'm my brain's bitch. FML
Today, my mother threw a fit because the psychologist she got me suggested I visit a psychiatrist. Apparently, it's my fault because I "choose" to be so "crazy". FML
Today, my mom read my diary. Then she frantically booked me an appointment with a psychiatrist. FML
Today, I found out three things: One, I was apparently diagnosed with Tourette's as a child. Two, my parents apparently told everyone about it, and had no idea that I didn't know about this. Three, that the diagnosis is possibly incorrect. I'm in for quite the time. FML
Today, I told my mom that I was taking antidepressants because I hate myself. She said "That's not surprising. You hate everybody. And, you're kind of a bitch." FML
Today, I found out the reason my mom took over 9 months to get me a therapist and much needed help after I told her how I had been depressed and suicidal for over two months. It wasn't because it was hard to find one, but actually because she thought I was making it up to cushion the fact that I got a C in a class. FML
Today, I saw a psychiatrist for the first time. After telling her everything I'm going through, she looked at me and said "You know… every five years or so I get a case completely beyond my ability to help." I guess it's been five years. FML
Today, I talked to my boss about the fact that I have been diagnosed as bipolar and I am having a really hard time with it. He told me to look on the bright side, now that I'm crazy I will never have to do Jury Duty. FML
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NewLogic87 0
That's what being bi-polar is. I'm bi-polar. If I don't take my pills I'm a dick half the time.
jaybrown 0
Just because her mom knows her doesn't mean she lives with her.
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Comments (75)
Geraldinehoney 11
For me bipolar doesn't mean being bitchy all the time when I was younger with bipolar I would cry at everything and most people think they don't have it when my doctor said its one of the most common things to have out there
fantasyworld 39
A lot of times, bi polar disorder isn't diagnosed until late in a person's life.
sphalkya 3
I was diagnosed at age 34 with ADHD. Last week. Much of those 34 years have been spent studying & working in the field of mental health as well as having my own counselling/psychotherapy with a number of practitioners, and nobody realised. Hard not to wonder what life would've been like with an earlier diagnosis!
jackipdoc 31
I was diagnosed a few years ago. I thought I was bipolar for a couple years before that and my mom and ex-boyfriend refused to believe I was, though my mom let me go to my psychiatrist anyway. So I had to be diagnosed before anyone decided to believe me.
randybryant799 21
You're 31 and you're blaming your mom?