I don't know if im Bipolar, help?

well if he leaves you over something you dont mean to do then hes not the guy for you he should take you for you and you should go 2 the doctor and c whats going on

Cant diagnose you online… especially when it comes to bipolar… mania is a hard one to diagnose online… it’s not exactly happy and sad exactly… mania has other symptoms… You should see your doctor, let them tell you what’s wrong. Bipolar definitely is genetically linked, so if you have a family history of it, it could be that. Talk to them. It responds really great to meds, you just have to find the right combination… You’ll be fine. But I really would see a doctor…

Well first of all, you can’t act “normal” on pills. I’m severely bipolar, had several suicide attempts, mad drug abuse, I used to cut myself pretty badly too because of this. Everyone acts differnetly but Bipolar disorder can be very dangerous if gone untreated. Most of the depression came from the fact that I had no idea why I was feeling so bad (my parents are very abusive and I’ve had past traumatic stress disorder from childhood sexual abuse but the Bipolar added on DRASTICALLy to all that) but I honestly though “I should be able to deal with this Damn IT!” it got pretty bad, I was selfdestructing in so many ways because I my mind couldn’t deal with so many things at once. It took a LOT of strength to stop all this, I almost died so many times by my hand or by circumstances I put myself in, it took almost a decade for me to get the help I needed and it was very stressful too because it also took a long time to pick the right therapist and nearly a year to get the right combination of medication to help me START dealing with this. I’m not gunna sugar coat it, this s **t SUCKS! and it’s gunna be one of the hardest things you’ll do but you have to go see someone about it, try several shrinks if it needs be (trust me, there are stupid frikkin therapists out there that don’t know hell what they’re talking about) Especially if it runs in your family than I’m more than sure you have it, and it can be tripple as hard because you’re “That Age”, when I was 14 I was flipping out…like you have no idea the kinds of things I would get into and do. Plus I was very violent, I woke up every day to hurt other people, god help anyone that looked at me wrong! you might not understand it now, and this might seem crazy..but belive me, give it a year or two without treatment and you can go as far as having psychotic episodes during your manias. which is basically something that schitzophenics go through, you will see things, you will dissociate (get into a mode where you feel like you’re out of your body and like a floating pair of eyes observing yourslef from above..doing things but you don’t feel like it’s you…) you will see things hear things…it can get pretty terrible which is why I REALLY really encourage you to go get help. eventually you will be able to get a grip, get off the meds, and weather through life by your self…but you can’t just do it by yourself…it doens’t work like that. Talk to your parents, present the facts, ask to see someone to make sure. It might just be an age thing, and most of all be very honest with your therapist, like him/her or not. This is not something you’d want to get out of hand. And if your parents are like mine (took them YEARS to come to terms with the fact that I had problems) we would get in screaming fights, they just couldn’t understand…and one last thing, no one will fight this for you, you have to be honest wirh your self, with your shrink, and take the meds! I’m sorry if I sound preachy but I’ve been through hell and back…its impossible but I;d like to make sure the least number of people suffer from this as possible. Take care, sweetie, I hope it all works out.

~Loki

sounds a bit like me I tend to just get mad over anything with my boyfriend and im not sure how much tolerance he has left for me

id say it wud be good to go to the doctor and see a therapist who can help.

I also get depressed really easily and one minute ill be happy the next ill be not wanted to go out the house, just want to stay in bed and stuff

im seeing someone to help me

but deffinately see a doctor. they shud refer you to a specialist of some other sort if they think you need it.

Well my problem is I have never been diagnosed with being bipolar. but the “syptoms” if you could even calling that is saying bipolar. I just need help. I’m at the end of my rope. I really don’t care what it is I just need an answer. I don’t even know how I would start this conversation with a doctor? I am 22 so I thought with college and all I was just going through regular adult problems, but its too much for me and it won’t go away. I can’t sleep, or sometimes I sleep for days at a time. Somedays I feel fine. And other days I just make really bad decisions and I don’t understand why. Its like if a hundred people were talkin in your head at onetime and all saying different things. But anyways I don’t wanna drag on…but if somebody has a suggestion or anything I am totally open for opinions.