Understanding the Hereditary Nature of Bipolar Disorder
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I suffered from depression for many years. At 19, I had attempted suicide. I had been in counseling and prescribed antidepressant medication. However, counseling and medication didn't work for me. My ex-wife came home and found me in bed and asked what was going on. I told her. She phoned a friend, and he met us at a psychiatric hospital, and I admitted myself. I spent nine days in a psychiatric hospital. They wanted to let me go home sooner, but I needed the break. It was there that I r...
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