is bipolar a real disorder/disease?!

people take it way out of proportion. every teen who is moody say they have bipolar. they don't. just hormones. Unless you actually get tested for it. long process, I went through. I have it. It's not cool. It sucks and it makes life miserable. It's a real disorder.

Yes, this is a real disease. Many people suffer from depression and rare manic phases. Some people experience a rapid cycling. Around 55 % are responders to Lithium but 45 % are non-responders to Lithium and they need other ways which are available.

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1st of all, maybe you think people/parents can talk anyway they see fit each day. Turns out many parents are abusers. Actually they are not trying to be tough to make you better or help- they are tricking you. This goes for people at school as well. Words are abuse also.

There are 3 types of abusive people/parents. Some hit the bottle. Some hit you. And some run their mouths and put you down. THEY are sick and feel great on being mean, and thats the only reason they do it. They are wrong about everything. The typical abuser is close-minded, self-righteous and was also abused themself. Use defense and read many sites on verbal abuse etc. People tear you down to build themselves up. Youre being abused - Its their problem. Knowledge is power.

Abuse causes pain mistaken as Mental Problems. BP OCD etc. Psychiatrists commit fraud and all disorders are a hoax. For chemical imbalances NO test exists. You dont have what shrinks say you have. Dont tell anyone about your so called disorder. They will only drug you.

Jesus name and forgiving others who are wrong is important along with avoiding them.

Contact- Child Protective Services- Transitional help to age 21- tell your teacher. Dont tell your parents they wont listen.

Learn the truth, forgive, and Get Away from them. Read many many sites under "emotional abuse" and "dealing with bullies".

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Experience with people feeling better on a repeated basis.

Very real, but much overdiagnosed, or misdiagnosed, especially where teen hormones, and/or borderline personality disorder or schizoaffective disorder are involved.

In the time it took you to ask this question, you could've typed it into Google and figured it out on your own. It is a real condition.

Absolutely, it is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.

24 yrs psychiatric nursing

yes, its a mental disorder.

It is very real, and it sucks to have it

yes,i am on medication for it right now

Yes, very much so.

Yes.