When did the symptoms of your mental illness start showing?

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When did the symptoms of your mental illness start showing?
Did they start showing suddenly? Was it after a breakdown? What age did they start showing?

Oh yeah, what is your mental illness?

Well, I have been depressed for quite awhile and I also suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I was abused at the age of 12 or 13 and my symptoms of depression first began showing up at the age of 15, when I wa so depressed that I wanted to hurt myself. The symptoms of PTSD started at the age of 18, when I still hadn't talked about my history of abuse and it was still repressed. I remember hearing this one triggering song and I had terrible flashbacks. The symptoms of PTSD were quite sudden but the depression has been going on for years. This is the first year where I feel significantly less depressed because I have found the right therapist, the right meds and the right friends to give me their support.

Good luck to all of you

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6 Comments on When did the symptoms of your mental illness start showing?

  1. Amber on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 8:17 pm

    2. my anxiety came out of no where. It started as chest pains and excessive worry then it one day turned into panic attacks. I don't know what triggered it and I have had no signs of it before or in my family history. Since I have been medicated and know what it is I have overcome it.
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  2. sktgrl119 on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 8:31 pm

    3. Well, I have been depressed for quite awhile and I also suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
    I was abused at the age of 12 or 13 and my symptoms of depression first began showing up at the age of 15, when I wa so depressed that I wanted to hurt myself. The symptoms of PTSD started at the age of 18, when I still hadn't talked about my history of abuse and it was still repressed. I remember hearing this one triggering song and I had terrible flashbacks. The symptoms of PTSD were quite sudden but the depression has been going on for years. This is the first year where I feel significantly less depressed because I have found the right therapist, the right meds and the right friends to give me their support.

    Good luck to all of you
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  3. cali chic on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 8:39 pm

    4. it started by getting over anxious and stressed when leaving the house, then one day(unfortunatly on Christmas) it turned into a full blown panic attack. and then they came every time i left the house, then once a day, now at least three times a day. so it kinda qradually started at the beginning but once it got out of control it was unstoppable for a while. now im on 4 different meds and none of them help. hope this helps! :)
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    me! :)

  4. Jennifer R on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 8:45 pm

    5. Mine started showing at the age of 10 but wasn't dodgiest till the age of 11
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  5. Brandon B on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 9:09 pm

    6. ive always had panic attacks since i was really little but i wasnt diagnosed as bipolar until last summer when i had a really bad low and didnt take my medication when i had an attack. the attack got so bad that i passed out and remained unconcious for a day and a half. i woke up at the hospital and it pretty much goes from there
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  6. prettybellasabryal on Wed, 26th Nov 2008 9:31 pm

    7. Mine started in kindergarten. i wanted to never have been born wen i was five. i guess that's depression… my momma was schizo, now she's dead…no worries tho, Gavin…:)i still don't want to b here all the time tho. sumtimes this pplace just rly sux. life that is…i want to fly away die away everyday…that's sumthing i drew a rocking pic 4 if anybody gives a crap.
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    mEEEEEEeeeeeee!!!!

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