Could I Have Bi-Polar Disorder?!


Question: Could I Have Bi-Polar Disorder!?
I was reading a bit about it and the mania stages and depression stages are present in me!.

Two days ago I was off the wall all day, silly, fun, just being plain out stupid!. Now since yesterday I have been sad, down, really just blah, have had recurring thoughts of suicide, I feel heartbroken, I feel alienated, I feel in a way like everyone is watching me!. It's been like this for me for the past two years or so off and on every couple months!. I guess about three years ago it became somewhat of a maybe for me as I would be happy one second and the next go ballistic!. It was weird, I was cussing out grown men and women, getting thrown out of places, yelling and cussing out my friends and family, and I don't recall having control of it!. I vaguely can remember saying things like, "stop" to myself, but it just went in one ear and out the other and my temper would rise and rise until I was a puddle of tears!. Since then the anger is still present, not quite as severe, but now it is more of a one day of mania, maybe two, and the next few days are spent sad and depressed!.

I'm sick of this and was wondering if it sounded like bi-polar disorder, because if it does I would really like to get treated because it seriously seems to be ruining my life!. It ruins my relationships one minute I'll be happy, the next I'm down for some reason and I don't wanna do anything and that would usually last a few days before I would be happy again!.

I want to be happy I'm sick of being down all the time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
OK!. I'm schizo affective and bipolar!. Mental illness varies from person to person!. You definitely have something!. Bipolar 2 cycles faster than bipolar 1 and to me it sounds like you have that or schizo affective disorder!. I don't know if schizo affective disorder requires a hospitalization for a diagnoses but bipolar 1 does!. I think you have some sort of illness!. You might want to get help from a psychiatrist but I'm warning you that most medications cause weight gain, make you tired, and don't help very well!. I take lithium, lamictal, and invega, and I am still all messed up with bipolar symptoms!. It's frustrating!. Medications can help!. If I don't have an episode than I'll know if they are helping me!. If you have an episode you will get mania, like you were describing with the anger, tears, and everything!. If you go crazy, like I have, your mania will spin into psychotic thinking and you will get false beliefs!. See a psychiatrist!. I don't know what else you could do!. I take medications because they can help, but the doctors don't understand the brain fully!. Something about using a brain to understand a brain makes it beyond us I believe!. Try not to take any medication, but if you must, do it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

While Joe Kick-*** is right, normally the high or low will last from a couple days to a month at a constant pace, there is a rarer form of bipolar (that i have) which where you can be bouncing off the walls and then sudicidal within, litterally, five minuets!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

In my humble opinion, people get diagnosed and medicated a bit fast, these days as soon as they come in with symptoms, complains etc!. Sometimes, it's "just" hormonal changes, and if you're still very young (male early 20's, female late teens), you may want to give your brain a chance to 'settle'!. At the same time, 2 yrs!. as in your case, is kind of a discerningly long time!.

Bi-polar comes in a variety of "packages" (in all there are 4 different kinds)!. "Just" feeling angry is not really necessarily manic!. Sleeping difficulties can go typically like 2-3 hours/day for weeks at no end!.

however, nobody here on a web-site can really diagnose you (what's their qualification really!?)!.You need to go see a health care provider and have them run tests and ask their questions!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com

EMT/mental health tecWww@Answer-Health@Com

How old are you, usually teens have mood swings like that, I know it sucks >:(!. Usually Bi-polar happens over the length of a week to month!. From really happy, buying cars to Really depressed,on the verge of suicide!.

Okay, those kids that say stuff have problems to, though they act out in different ways!. Just Be yourself, you can't change who you are, and you shouldn't!.

I was a stupid kid in elementery also, though I'm pretty sure if you had a problem then it would of been checked out by your parents!. I mean I probably know nothing about you!. Though I'm just saying!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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