Hey guys, first post in here.

I was med boarded from the navy about 11 years ago, and this entire time I’ve thought I had Bipolar Type II, so I was only taking lamictal and clonazepam for maintenance.


I looked up my actually diagnostic code randomly a few days ago, and it turns out I have Bipolar Type I w/ psychotic features.

Everything makes so much more sense now, I’ve literally been running around for years thinking delusional things like I was single-handedly causing global warming using air conditioning and I couldn’t use it or I’d kill us all(I live in Florida that one sucked), people were hiding cameras behind mirrors or going through my trash or watching me from windows. Hearing people call my name, etc etc 

I feel stupid not to recognize that wasn’t normal sooner, but my psych added seroquel and hopefully that’ll help, in a mixed episode right now and it’s been helping so far but only on day 3 so time will tell.

Anyone else not realize they we’re hallucinating or delusional until YEARS later?

It’s a relief knowing but at the same time I feel dumb.