BIPOLAR??????help please!!!!!!!?!

BIPOLAR??????help please!!!!!!!?

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, AFTER MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, I WAS GIVEN MEDICATION, TOOK IT FOR A WHILE, FELT FINE SO I STOPPED. I REALLY DONT THINK I HAVE THIS.
SURE I GET DEPRESSED REAL BAD AT TIMES, JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE, AND YES I CAN GO WEEKS, OR EVEN A COUPLE MONTHS, AND I FEEL GREAT!
AND EVEN IF I DID HAVE BIPOLAR, I HAVE NO JOB, SO TO SPEAK, AND NO INS. DOCTERS WILL NOT SEE U IF YOU DONT HAVE THE CASH!. AND IF GIVEN A SCRIPT, STILL COULDNT AFFORD TO BUY IT! ANYWAY, HOW DO I CONVENCE PEOPLE I DO NOT HAVE BIPOLAR????
I JUST HAVE FEELINGS LIKE ANYONE ELSE. ALTHOUGH I DI LIKE HOW I FEEL WHEN I DONT FEEL DEPRESSED. THANKS.

4 weeks ago
i do not take medication, i dont need it.

4 weeks ago
i take no meds. as i really feel i am NOT bipolar. that is what i am saying and asking in my ??????

4 weeks ago
only the need to convence people, because once you are labeled by a dr. they take this as a sure truth.

Im sorry you are struggling so much with the label of being bipolar. I often think im not bipolar either, and even my dr sometimes thinks im not, because i rarely get the manic side of bipolar, but ive also been on meds for a very long time, so they controll the manic episodes very well. The depression still comes a little, but not as bad as it used to.

By your description of your mood, you are bipolar 2, long periods of time with elevated or lowered mood is a symptom of bipolar, im sorry to say that. As for meds, Lithium is around 50$ a bottle without insurance, so its very affordable. If you dont believe you are bipolar, and your just depressed, try taking an antidepressant, if it doesnt work then your probably bipolar, because most antidepresants do not work on bipolars when used alone, and new studies say that they dont work period on bipolars <which i believe myself from use>. I actually had very adverse effects from antidepressants when used alone without a mood stabilizer such as lithium...that would be a very good test since you dont want to believe that you have it. I understand having a label like that is difficult, but there is nothing wrong with being bipolar.