‘Has anyone studied whether bipolar children still get the diagnosis when they reach adolescence?’ I asked Bryna. ‘Yeah,’ she said. ‘Some do. Others outgrow it.’ ‘Outgrow it?’ I said. ‘Isn’t bipolar considered to be lifelong? Isn’t that another way of saying they didn’t have it to begin with?’ Bryna shot me a sharp look. ‘My husband grew out of his asthma and food allergies,’ she said.
