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I haven't had much personal experience with anyone that has a mental Illness diagnosis, nor have I been diagnosed with one. However, I work with a young female that we will call Jen. Jen has been diagnosed with Bipolar and Depression. I interviewed Jen and I will let her describe her diagnosis, her symptoms, how she has learned to cope with them, and the medications that she is taking to manage her symptoms.
"My name is Jen and I am Bipolar. I also suffer from severe depression and with my bipolar come serious mood swings. I did not know that I was Bipolar until the beginning of 2002. I quit drinking for ten months in 2002, and then relapsed in 2003. It wasn't until I got sober for the ten months in 2002 that I realized that there was something wrong with me mentally. I had no idea what was going on with me, I just knew that I was depressed. I would hear voices sometimes when my mind races, which scared me, when I went to my doctor, he said that was......

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