Am I bipolar or just depressed?!


Question: Am I bipolar or just depressed?
Okay, so I recently became so suicidal that I was institutionalized. They put me on anti-depressants, I started feeling better, they let me out, etc, etc. But now I've started having intense mood swings. I'll start off the day feeling like I could do anything. I make impossible plans like dropping out of high school and traveling the world. I hang out with friends. My confidence is up. I talk to random strangers just for the heck of it. I feel like I can accomplish anything. I do semi-impulsive things, like trespassing. Then I fall flat on my face. I start getting the urge to cut myself (a habit I've had for the past year). I write depressing poetry and draw creepy things. I don't talk to people. I feel like I won't ever do anything. Sometimes I wish I was dead. Then I go up again. It's driving me crazy!
These episodes only last a couple of hours (both the highs and the lows), and they transition really, really fast. Is this bipolar? I'm not sure if the highs classify as mania: I sleep the same amount and everything. I never do homework anymore, no matter what mood I'm in. I don't know what's going on!
Please help! I'm going crazy!

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it definitely seems like bipolar. there are ''mania'' episodes where there are ''highs'' like ''shopping until you drop'','' being extremely overconfident'',''wanting to fly to some far away place in a moment''.but the best thing you can do is pray because god will never let you down.the bible is the best book of all time.don't give up. god loves you. there is great help for you from your creator and the trained therapists that can counsel you and prescribe medications that will get you through this trying time. you will be fine. god bless you.

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Truly being bipolar means those "mania" moments last MONTHS, not hours.
You seem very sensitive to your surroundings to be that moody....many people are like that.
Just learn to control it through coping mechanisms.
I'm most certain you are not bipolar. You don't want to take meds for bipolar because it will do more harm than good.
You are just moody. Talk to your doctor.




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