I've been over much of the world, and I feel like I've lived dozens of lives. Anyone else relate to that? On 1 day in 1997, went from perfect mental health to MDD. In April 2009, I was researching bipolar in order to help a woman friend with it. I started noticing some familiar things in what I was reading. I was thinking, could it be. no, its not possible. Well, I"m making an appointment with the VA Behavioral Health Clinic. In a very short time, it was determined that I have bipolar.... Full Bio