Emotionally Impaired Children Growing Up

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Is there any good info or anything out there for what happens to children diagnosed as EI/ED when they grow up? I seemed to exhibit symptoms of possibly more than one disorder as a child, and it was severe, then as an adult my symptoms changed. What tends to happen to us?

I would imagine that there is a whole spectrum of outcomes for them ranging from jail or suicide to being successful in their career and/or family life.

My brother is highly successful in his work, which he enjoys immensely, is happily married, with children, has hobbies, friends, and a very happy life.

I'm on meds, unemployed, have no real friends, but am happy to be raising my son. He's a very good lad.

On the other hand, my brother was always "normal", no matter how bad things got at home.

It really depends on what you mean by what happens to us?

I think most people go through a long period of no diagnosis, maybe into their twenties, but perhaps this is changing. During the period of no diagnosis anything can happen, emptional pain, anger, this could lead you down a dark path, but I think it depends on your strength of character. For me it was always searching for the answer to the problems, never giving up until I found out what was going on. Now I know and act accordingly.

What's emotional impairment?