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Hello i am a 23 year old male and have had mood swing problems i guess u could say all my life. going from extremely happy to just the opposite for no reason 99% of the time. i have been treated for different things all my life also, lets say i have been miss diagnosed every time, i just recently started learning about bi polar..any information or suggestions would be extremely helpful thank you all for you time
 

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Welcome!!

Check out the web pages for both NAMI and dbpsa. they are both good resourses. There are also online questionaire that help indicate whether you might be bp or not. Arm yourself with questions and info and go see a doc again and talk to them about this possibility. It is common for a bp person to be misdx for 8-10 years, but you need a doc to help you sort it out, and a good psych doc is better than a family doc. also there is more than one type of bp, so don't let not having the "classic" symptoms confuse you, it took my doc and me about 10 years to figure it out in me ( i am bp2 so it is easier to miss) and eventually, after some trial and error we were able to find a good med for me. So learn ask questions and seek help.
 
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The hard part is finding the right meds and combo's of meds and then if you keep the faith during that, You'll be ok!!
GOD BLESS YOU JOHNNY!
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Welcome!!

Check out the web pages for both NAMI and dbpsa. they are both good resourses. There are also online questionaire that help indicate whether you might be bp or not. Arm yourself with questions and info and go see a doc again and talk to them about this possibility. It is common for a bp person to be misdx for 8-10 years, but you need a doc to help you sort it out, and a good psych doc is better than a family doc. also there is more than one type of bp, so don't let not having the "classic" symptoms confuse you, it took my doc and me about 10 years to figure it out in me ( i am bp2 so it is easier to miss) and eventually, after some trial and error we were able to find a good med for me. So learn ask questions and seek help.
 
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