am i bipolar?, help Options

[Laughsalot]

ok lately. whenever i'm just by myself. i think about all the events in my life that make me really sad. and i do get really rally sad. and then suddenly i switch to these really silly happy thought and i suddenly feel giddy lol type of happy. am i bipolar? no thoughts of suicide. well i do think that my life was a pointess burden for everybody else and sometimes i do wish i wasn't alive. but they arn't strong feelings.

[Comptine]

A lot of bipolar people do not realize that something is wrong with them.

http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/guid...sorder-symptoms

[RAWRstephishere]

Go ask your doctor.

It seriously surprises me how many people ask stupid online people questions like this.

If you are thinking about something sad, normally people would get sad. If you think of something happy, normally people would get happy.
That doesnt mean you are bipolar.

[*karmakiller*]

^ No need to call anyone stupid.

My brother's bi-polar, and trust me, it's something that can be very difficult to deal with if you're the person who has it or the people around that person. It's normal for your mood to change, and if you get depressed when you're alone and think about your life it might be depression. Everyone is different. Go talk to a doctor.

Bi-polar disorder is often misdiagnosed and a lot of the time their moods don't change very quickly. So if you're only sad for one day and then happy the next, it might not be bi-polar disorder, or even depression, it might just be normal mood changes.

[Laughsalot]

i live in vietnam now. and i can't talk comfortably with a doctor here like a doctor in the u.s. i'm american and was born there. and isn't there the doctor-patient condentiality? or something like that. here i don't know. yeah. sometimes when i'm just lying in bed i think about my events in life and i get so sad. and then suddenly i'm having all these stupid daydreaming fantasy's that make me laugh(i know weird and they're not actual dreams, they're like fantasies) so i'm crying-sad one minute and laughing the next. is that wrong? but isn't depression when people also have serious thoughts of suicide along it too? becuase i don't

[charlg93]

i dont even know wat bipolar means but just keep laffing

[*karmakiller*]

Depression doesn't always have to have suicidal thoughts. Did this start after you moved? Because it may be connected with that.

The thing abot bi-polar disorder is that it doesn't just affect your mood, but it effects your behavior as well. You'll do things that you don't mean. There's different stages in cycles of bi-polar disorder and there's also different types of bi-polar disorder.

The thing with mood swings (don't take that as an offensive thing, because that's pretty much what sounds like what is going on) is that they can be linked to soooo many things. You'll probably have to see a doctor so they can examine you both physically and mentally. I mean, if you think about it they can be linked to PMS or all the way linked to a serial killer, lol.

If you're worried about the doctor-patient confidentiality, look up what how that works where you live. Changes in mood are normal, but if they're affected your everyday life (and enough to the extent that you notice them this much) you really should go see a doctor.

[*IVIike*]

my cousin has it and as Dee said there are different degrees of it. How old are you (if you don't mind me asking) because that could have something to do with it, it may be just mood swings

[TaintedSakura]

My mom is bipolar... You can really tell when some one is, trust me.

[MissFits]

When you are bipolar you go through EXTREME mood shifts.
You will be CRAZY happy for a few day or weeks, no matter what. Or you will be REALLY REALLY sad for a few days or weeks, even if nothing is wrong. It might make you REALLY angry over nothing at all. It's just very extreme mood shifts.

I used to think I was bipolar, but I went on hormone therapy and I am a lot more sane.

It is more than likely a hormone imbalance. Try birth control, or if you are a boy go to your doctor and get your testosterone and progesterone tested.

[LOWinSKANK]

If you are thinking about something sad, normally people would get sad. If you think of something happy, normally people would get happy.
That doesnt mean you are bipolar.

..i agree with this.

[PINKLollyPOP]

Information:

Bipolar Disorders (also known as manic depression), are characterized by alternating episodes of mania or hypomania, and depression.

Bipolar disorder is often not recognized by the patient, relatives, friends, or even physicians. In its early stages, bipolar disorder may masquerade as a problem other than mental illness. For example, it may first appear as alcohol or drug abuse, or poor school or work performance.

If left untreated, bipolar disorder tends to worsen, and the person experiences episodes of full-fledged mania and clinical depression.

An early sign of manic-depressive illness may be hypomania--a state in which the person shows a high level of energy, excessive moodiness or irritability, and impulsive or reckless behavior. Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it. Thus, even when family and friends learn to recognize the mood swings, the individual often will deny that anything is wrong.

Mood Episode Types

To help you sort out the symptoms of Bipolar disorder it is important to understand that there are four types of mood episodes that a person can experience as part of Bipolar Disorder. These mood episodes include major depressive episode, manic episode, mixed episode, and hypomanic episode.

Major Depressive Episode

A major depressive episode is not a disorder in itself, but is a part of another disorder, most often major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. A major depressive episode includes the following symptoms:

Either a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities consistently for at least a 2 week period. This mood must represent a change from the person's normal mood; social, occupational, educational or other important functioning must also be negatively impaired by the change in mood.

A major depressive episode is also characterized by the presence of a majority of these symptoms:

-depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by either subjective report (e.g., feels sad or empty) or observation made by others (e.g., appears tearful). (In children and adolescents, this may be characterized as an irritable mood.)
-markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day
-significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain (e.g., a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month), or decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day.
-insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
-psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
-fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
-feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt nearly every day
-diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day
-recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide

Manic Episode

A manic episode is not a disorder in and of itself, but instead is a part of other disorders, most usually bipolar disorder.

A manic episode is defined by the following symptoms:

A period of an elevated, expansive or notably irritable mood, lasting for at least one week. This disorder must be sufficiently severe to cause difficulty or impairment in occupational, social, educational or other important functioning and can not be better explained by a mixed episode. Symptoms also can not be the result of substance use or abuse (alcohol, drugs, medications) or caused by a general medical condition.

A majority of the following symptoms are also present:

inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)
more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
attention is easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant items
increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation
excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)

Mixed Episode

A mixed episode is not a disorder, but rather a part of a mental disorder, most commonly bipolar disorder.

[Tung]

I have a bipolar friend who goes to college with me. Hes very scary at times when he has his anger emotion on. He picks fight randomly with people.

[Laughsalot]

Information:



An early sign of manic-depressive illness may be hypomania--a state in which the person shows a high level of energy, excessive moodiness or irritability, and impulsive or reckless behavior. Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it. Thus, even when family and friends learn to recognize the mood swings, the individual often will deny that anything is wrong.

it's usually at night. i can't fall asleep so easily. i'm constantly "day dreamin" when i'm lyng in my bed. like a whole bunch of thoughts are just going through my mind. i force myself to stop so i can sleep and then i can sorta sleep. but i think it's cuz i have so much energy? i don't usually deep sleep anymore. is it just cuz i'm weird or what? hah i just want to get to know for sure.

[*themarkster*]

I think I'm bipolar. I am so unsure.

[KissMe2408]

No, you aren't bi-polar.
period.

[jammylise]

If you want to know if you are bipolar
dont ever post a thread asking if you are.

because people (some) will make sarcastic comments
and maybe cause you to be depressed
if you take it seriously

so go see a phsyologist.

or talk to you doctor/and parents.