Demi Lovato, who has admitted to cutting, overeating and starving herself as far back as elementary school, didn't know the name for some of her problems until suffering a breakdown last fall.
"I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar," she told People magazine.
"Looking back it makes sense," the 18-year-old said. "There were times when I was so manic, I was writing seven songs in one night and I'd be up until 5:30 in the morning."
Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating periods of extreme highs and extreme lows.
Lovato knew she was "depressed from a very young age," but it took an intervention to get her to seek medical help.
And after three months in an Illinois rehab center, Lovato said she feels "like I am in control now where my whole life I wasn't in control."
Knowing first-hand how therapy can radically change a person's life, it's no surprise that the singer-actress has vocalized her support for Catherine Zeta-Jones, who also recently sought treatment for bipolar disorder.
"I don't know Catherine Zeta-Jones personally but what she has decided to do it SO brave [sic]. And SO difficult but worth it," she tweeted last week. "I'm proud of her."
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