Oftentimes, I hear people with any kind of health problem, mental or physical, express the wish that they had been diagnosed as a child so that they could have learned to handle their disease better.
Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder type I at age 12, I can say that no — a childhood diagnosis is not always better.
A childhood diagnosis does not always help you learn to better care for yourself because, well, you’re a child. And if you’re like me, it actually ruins your life by killing your body and numbing your mind with meds you’re personally not ready for.
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