article_snippet.sent: When things first started getting bad, I was experiencing symptoms of agitation, panic attacks, I was withdrawing from friends and life and not finding pleasure in the things that I used to find pleasurable, I was experiencing what I thought was OCD behaviors
article_snippet.sent: On average, statistics show that it takes 20 years for someone with bipolar to go from having the symptoms to being diagnosed - and that's not even treating it,' Nic Newling said. '
article_snippet.sent: himself anxiety and depression progressed into a type of psychosis and himself soon admitted himself into a psychiatric ward for almost nine months .
highlights_snippet.sent: It took years of trialling medications and experiencing suicidal thoughts before