"That Year Was Humiliating..."

"I don’t tell anyone about the year I spent on Depakote from ages 24-25, which damaged my liver, caused all my hair to fall out, and packed nearly 40 lbs on my small frame. I don’t tell anyone about that year because A.) it was the wrong diagnosis – within a year another doctor declared I wasn’t Bipolar, and B.) that year was humiliating."

--And This is Why We Don't Talk