Well, obviously your mom was right. Half the time you are a super-bitch. But since we live today not only is there a name for it, it's treatable. So you can look foreword to being a super-bitch by nature but super-[not a] Bitch by science!

i love that song....OP: Your mom sounds like a super bitch

Okay, first of all, thank you letitbe56. Everything you said is correct. Just to reiterate to everyone, BP is VERY hard to diagnose. It isn't the OP's fault the diagnosis didn't come until she was 31. I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist who recognized it immediately. I have BP II, and it IS REAL. I'm in school to become a psychologist and to spread understanding to the tons of ignorant, hurtful people out there. It's so sad what all the people with mental and emotional illnesses have to go through just because of a persistent stigma. OP, I'm sorry. Hope everything works out, and don't listen to anyone who says it isn't real or makes you feel like you might be making it up (I've been there). We've got to stick together.

I'll be honest- I have depression. I've come a LONG way from wanting to kill myself, but during that time I displayed signs of bipolar and personality disorders. my doctor still doesn't know if I have that or not. I've been seeing him for almost 3 years. it's really hard to catch and diagnose apparently. I'm a 23 year old male.

I'm so sorry, it must suck to have something like that and not have anyone be able to tell you what it is. I was researching mental disorders and found this awesome site, nolongerlonely.com, its a dating site for the mentally ill, if you ever need anything like that - hope maybe that helped? :)

I killed my dog with a sledgehammer last weekend, but that was just my agoraphobia and schizoid tendencies. and it isn't my fault that my generalized anxiety disorder and borderline-personality disorder make it impossible to work, so I sit at home all day and collect government checks. and my fibromyalgia and antisocial personality disorder gives me so much pain that I have to take morphine and oxycontin all day, everyday. and my crippling depression and meglomaniac paranoia is the reason why everyone hates me and I'm not succesfull and wealthy. it's really not my fault at all - I can't take any responsibility - ask my doctors. it's my diagnosis.

this is a very good comment, maybe an FML on it's own. you'll have my vote (instead of all those wineys who have just 1 or 2 mental illnessess)

@75: please don't become a psychologist. you'll be relating all people's problems to your own, therefore not helping them in a objective manner but being overprotective and making things worse

So? My mother didn't get me diagnosed for Autism, even though all my special needs teachers asked for it back when I was five (I left special ed when I was 7) and when I was 18 I was diagnosed with Aspergers. The main thing is you now know how you work and how you can make yourself a better contributor to society. :-)

Wow. Are you blaming your mother for your issues? THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ISSUES. Take some responsibility.