{"id":1744,"date":"2015-12-06T00:52:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T08:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:48","slug":"my-bipolar-disorder-diagnosis-set-me-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/my-bipolar-disorder-diagnosis-set-me-free\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis Set Me Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>My bipolar disorder diagnosis liberated me from the jail of wondering why I was such a mess!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9283 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\" alt=\"bp diagnosis\" width=\"639\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png 639w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-400x218.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>From age\u00a019 to 31 years old, I constantly wondered what was wrong with me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why was I so depressed and then completely wild?<\/li>\n<li>Why did it take me eight years to finish college?<\/li>\n<li>Why did I lose friends and then make them easily?<\/li>\n<li>Why did I get on planes to\u00a0other countries without a plan in place?<\/li>\n<li>Why couldn&#8217;t I hold a job for more than a year?<\/li>\n<li>Why did I leave all of my boyfriends?<\/li>\n<li>Why was I so certain about my life in one moment and would then suddenly decide that everything was wrong and I needed a change?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was exhausting. \u00a0Then I heard the words that changed my life, <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8220;Julie, you have ultra rapid cycling bipolar disorder two with psychotic features.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing good about having bipolar disorder, but wow, it was so good to finally have answers to my questions.\u00a0It <em>has<\/em> been difficult to manage and life is a challenge, but at least I know the truth!<\/p>\n<p>What about you? Do you feel better now that you have a diagnosis? Is your loved one diagnosed? People tell me they don&#8217;t like labels. I don&#8217;t a bipolar disorder diagnosis\u00a0as a label. I see it as an explanation that helps me go easy on myself when\u00a0my behavior makes no sense.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Julie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My bipolar disorder diagnosis liberated me from the jail of wondering why I was such a mess! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9283 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\" alt=\"bp diagnosis\" width=\"639\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png 639w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis-400x218.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bp-diagnosis.png\"> <\/a>From age 19 to 31 years old, I constantly wondered what was wrong with me.<\/p>\n<p> Why was I so depressed and then completely wild? Why did it take me eight years to finish college? Why did I lose friends and then make them easily? Why did I get on planes to other countries without a plan in place? Why couldn&#8217;t I hold a job for more than a year? Why did I leave all of my boyfriends? Why was I so certain about my life in one moment and would then suddenly decide that everything was wrong and I needed a change? <\/p>\n<p>It was exhausting. Then I heard the words that changed my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/my-bipolar-disorder-diagnosis-set-me-free\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11186,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions\/11186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}