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ejpoeta

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11. Hello. I just joined this group as i didn't even realize it was here.

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:44 AM

Jun 2012

I was diagnosed with depression at 22. Recently I was diagnosed with bipolar. It sure is a struggle sometimes. But it beats where I was before I finally got diagnosed. It is tough when people think you should just snap out of it and 'if you act happy you'll BE happy'. that last one was a (what i call) psychoshrink. I only went to him twice. Not having people believe you, at least for me, made it worse. Made me think it was me that was the problem. Then I ended up in the hospital for 10 days. After that they believed me, I guess.

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What's your diagnosis? [View all] laconicsax May 2012 OP

Depression at age 31 Betsy Ross May 2012 #1

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Anxiety disorder but in the absence of good testing, I think that's wrong. EFerrari May 2012 #7

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depression, social anxiety disorder, and possibly adhd (in my 30's and kicked out of school) Bradical79 Jun 2012 #10

Hello. I just joined this group as i didn't even realize it was here. ejpoeta Jun 2012 #11