I think I might have bipolar?!
Question: I think I might have bipolar!?
I never knew what it was, but I just recently looked up what it was and I think I have it!.
I remember when I was in hospital recovering from anorexia I'd get moments where I was really sad, but then some when I was really happy and feeling great!.
I've been long out of hospital since, and right now I'm having one of these!.
I feel rubbish, like I don't want to go to school and get on with my life and I feel fat as I've ever been except this time I can't be bothered to do much about it!.
This will probably go away in a day or tonight then come back again sometime I reckon!.
Why is this!?
I feel horrible and I've already told my parents I want to see my therapist (who I'm not seeing again till Christmas) soon and they said she wouldn't help bla bla bla!.
Can someone help!?
I'm 16 by the way!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I remember when I was in hospital recovering from anorexia I'd get moments where I was really sad, but then some when I was really happy and feeling great!.
I've been long out of hospital since, and right now I'm having one of these!.
I feel rubbish, like I don't want to go to school and get on with my life and I feel fat as I've ever been except this time I can't be bothered to do much about it!.
This will probably go away in a day or tonight then come back again sometime I reckon!.
Why is this!?
I feel horrible and I've already told my parents I want to see my therapist (who I'm not seeing again till Christmas) soon and they said she wouldn't help bla bla bla!.
Can someone help!?
I'm 16 by the way!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
You'll need to be more firm with your parents and insist on seeing your therapist but please don't self-diagnose! In many cases you can actually cause the symptoms by looking for them!. Go in to your therapist with an open mind and just describe what's going wrong without trying to lead them to your bipolar conclusion!. This could be a ton of things and really the recovery from anorexia is an up and down process!. You'll feel really good about your accomplishment one moment then depressed and wanting to return to it the next!. Mood swings are also typical of adolescents!. Definitely talk to your parents and tell them what's going on!. Let them know that even if they don't think it will help you do and want to be seen by the therapist who is an expert in the area!.
Good luck! I know how difficult it can be to recover and how it feels to have bipolar disorder!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Good luck! I know how difficult it can be to recover and how it feels to have bipolar disorder!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
I think you are right to want to see your therapist, and that is awful that your parents don't agree!! A therapist would be the only one who will be able to give you a correct diagnoses, then you would be able to get help if you needed it!. We all have ups and downs, so it is hard to decide what is "normal" I would bring up seeing your therapist again, because she CAN help you!! There is medication also that that helps wonders!! I have a few relatives/friends with bi-polar and you can definately tell the difference when they forget to take there meds!! Good luck!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Well the depression is easy to explain!. And mood swings can happen because of not eating!. But mania or hypomania is something that you will need to examine!. Like going 3 weeks only sleeping 1-2 hours at night and not feeling tired!. Spending sprees!. not being just happy but euphoric and not for a day like weeks at a time, being irrated for no reason, just woke up that way!. Being smarter, more confident like I can take on the world and win attitude!. Being way more talkative like you can't shut up and won't regardless of what trouble you get into!. Poor impulse control!. And a big one is having racing thoughts!. Like thinking of five things at once the fly through your head and won't stop makes you want to scream!. Then there are the all favorite mixed episodes, like being euphoric and sucidal at the same time!. Beng depressed and agitated at once, depressed with a racing mind, etc!. read a lot on the subject!. you will find internet tests that can help identify a possibility of bp!. Its not fun and not worth having!. I hope you don't and its just a combination of teenage depression, angst, and anorexia!.Www@Answer-Health@Com