I Had Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder When I Got Pregnant — My Abortion Saved My Life

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Article originally appeared in PEOPLE on March 4th, 2020.

When I learned I was pregnant, my immediate reaction was that I was going to have an abortion. I had been cycling through manic and depressive cycles for several years, but didn’t yet realize that what I had was bipolar disorder.

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