Episode 1: My Story

In this first episode of Life with a Bi Polar Brain, I’m sharing my story.

From childhood abuse to years of misdiagnosis, addiction, psychosis, and finally receiving the correct Bipolar I diagnosis — this is the full, unfiltered journey.

For years, I was told I had Borderline Personality Disorder. I was prescribed medications that made things worse. I self-medicated. I spiraled. I got clean. I relapsed. I tried again. I experienced full-blown psychosis and was turned away when I asked for help.

It wasn’t until I was properly diagnosed with Bipolar I with mixed features that things finally started to make sense.

Today, I’m 12 years clean and over a decade into my mental health recovery journey. I still live with anxiety. I still do the work. But I am more stable — ...