Information and opinions on health from tbachtem at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7312/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7312/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7312/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/7312/14861/bipolar-disorder Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:50:00 -0400 tbachtem     I was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder.It took doctors ten years of treating my symptoms seperately to final get a doctor,the one I have now,to put them all together and figure out that I was bipolar.I am curious to know if ten years is the norm,or if I just dealt with the wrong doctors.I even suspected that I had it even before my doctor confirmed it. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/7312/14861/bipolar-disorder