Bipolar Disorder Symptoms & Treatments : How to Diagnose Bipolar Disease

[lanekolby]

@RETIREMESOON Thanks for the advice about my condition, I do work out everyday And I get 8 hours of sleep, but when it comes to seeing a doctor I don't know. I'm sort of nervous and embarrassed to talk about it with my parents. I don't really know how to open that sort of conversation up.Advice on that subject?

[melisified]

Bipolar I is actually a combination of mania and depression. I don't think that he explains this well.

[Tazo411]

I hate my lifeee! No wait I love it :D

[lanekolby]

Someone please tell me what's wrong. I am 15 years old. I have many friends but it is very difficult, one day I am very happy and friendly and can be friends with everybody but then the next day I want to be antisocial and keep to myself. It is very difficult to be around people because of my random mood swings. I have studied bipolar disease tremendously and am wondering. Could anybody tell me what I could possibly be dealing with here??? If anybody could respond, thank you.

[ImTwixtorXD]

@lanekolby im 15 as well.. dude 15 is an age where u go through a change.. u need to understand eveyone at 15 feels anxiety a lot of the time.. so more than others and some les.. but everyone feels it at times :0 hope that makes u feel a little better

[RETIREMESOON]

@lanekolby YOU ARE DESCRIBING MYSELF AT 15.The shyness results from stress or anxiety because your mood is at the low end.At the high end you are confident and friendly in the manic zone.

The good news is that you can regulate your mood with Omega 3 EPA...DHA CLEAN TYPE ,Lithium,exercise evryday and 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night.See your doctor for a proper diagnosis.You probably have relatives with depression,anxiety or hospitalizations for mental health issues as this is a genetic.

[Kaybbz100]

hi,im 14 and recently i've been expieriencing symptoms of bipolar dissorder.i normally wake up quite angry or annoyed&im easily irritated,i'm finding it hard to concentrate,low attention spand,i constantly feel low&like i cant do anything right&just feel hopeless,but then there are times where i just feel on top of the world,hyper,like i can do anything,if you can give me any advise on weather i should check it out or not be worried about it then i would apreciate it,thanks.

[melisified]

@Kaybbz100 The only thing that I can tell you is to tell your problems to your family. Then, go to s psychiatrist to make sure if you have bipolar.

[RETIREMESOON]

@Kaybbz100 Check it out don't wait till age 52 like me.With treatment and management you can have a STABLE,HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE !!

This is a mood disorder that runs in families so it's not your fault.Many famous creative ,intelligent people have this disease and a good treatment plan WORKS to keep it stable.

[bminternet43]

i have bipolar too bipolar 1

[babybird181]

Its funny....I have used drugs and alcohol regularly since I was 13 and although diagnosed at 12 I wonder if they got it wrong due to me being high most of the time. Hmmmmm.....I know somethings wrong just not sure what.

[RETIREMESOON]

@babybird181 I have Bipolar ansd I know that SELF MEDICATING for Bipolar is VERY COMMON.

You should read some books on the disease and look at the " Mayo Clinic " sympotoms of Mania and Depression.

Book to read is about Kay Redfield " AN UNQUIET MIND " who takes you on her (GENETIC___ journey into madness).Remember that this disease gets worse with age and it can lead to addiction,relationship instability,early onset dementia and death by suicide if left untreated.

EDUCATION first !!

[TheN4TH4L13]

can this kill you

[mancheromanchero]

@TheN4TH4L13 anything can kill you. it depends on how you deal with it.

[MrJar111]

if u have suicidal thoughts is it already considered as bipolar?

[5209410]

Espanol

[matjos26]

Bipolar is not a disease

[131360love]

@Jiberist friend just said he had Bi Polar, but now when i think about i act like what you just said. Oh well if i do then fuck it I AM NOT GOING TO BE MEDICATED! I RATHER BE MYSELF THEN HAVE SOME SHIT PUT IN ME SO I ACTED LIKE A DAMN MINDLESS FOOL! OH HELL NO! and most people that the "Dr says have it" are in their teens. do you know ONE teen that is not happy or acts edgy?! WE ARE YOUNG AND DO STUPID SHIT IT IS A DAMN FACT! and suicidal people your emo join the emo people. end of story thank u

[131360love]

@131360love my*

[b98jewels]

Very helpful!!!

[Harribo94]

If you have bipolar do you stay depressed for days and then change because I go depressed then happy then angry within an hour or so?

[Unlockable69]

@Harribo94 it can be from hours to days to even months.

for me I feel like I always have a different mood every week. I'm not diagnosed but my family, friends and loved ones do believe I have strong symptoms. Maybe I should get checked before I do something.. drastic.

[occultpriestess]

Have you compared Bipolar to a Kundalini Awakening? As a practicing Buddhist initiate I have been to Nirvana- and back. Yet I was diagnosed as bi-polar because I was having sacred visions and speaking in poetry. Kundalini is real and much older than the study/industry of psychology. What is going to happen in the future when more Buddhist (and others) "wake up"- there will be too many to medicate, detain or derail. I hope the psychological industry is preparing for some strange days. :)

[forfetable]

@occultpriestess what if it is, because sometimes i get this high, this energy that happens out of the blue and i feel like im so superior and that everything feels so right a soft in it's place, kinda makes you wonder!

[DJLoony1]

i'm not sure if ii have it, i'm 14 i have a lot of long phases where i'm very depressed, at one point i was going to throw myself of a bridge and i was going to cut myself, but for a long time now i've been very against self harm which scared me so badly when i wanted to do it myself, i also get very happily hyper at which point i find i can't sleep at all where i run around shout very loudly talk back to everyone and find myself being creative where i write stories and make movies late at night

[DJLoony1]

@DJLoony1 i also find myself depressed when someone has said somethign to me or i am forced to sit and watch as all my friends fall in love or do something that i rarely experience which makes me feel unloved and ugly, for 3 years i've been depressed, getting ALOT worse this past year, the hyperness doesn't happen very often but it does sometimes, before i started my period i found myself thinking i way a freak and that was why no guy wanted te because i wasn't mature enough for any of them

[DJLoony1]

@DJLoony1 i've spoke to 2 of my close friends and have found myself very scared and crying, i have worried that the guy i like (who my best friend made a beeline for when she found out which upset me alot) will push me away as a possible boyfriend and already best friend, i am worried my friends will think differently of me the school will make a fuss i will be bullied since i kind of am already and that even my family will think of me differently, and this all if i even have it!

[DJLoony1]

@DJLoony1 i havealso worried because i'm into my second year of gcse's and i'm worried i will mess up those which will mess up my future at getting a job which can afect alot, i've worried so much all day but i have decided not to speak to an adult until i've looked into this more carefully, if anyone has advice PLEASE message me i would appreciate it so much thank you :) wow this took a long time to explain :S

[CourtneyGeorge1739]

My father, uncle, and grandmother all have bipolar disorder. When I was 11, I was diagnosed with it after I tried to kill myself. Now, I'm thirteen. I act happy because i don't want to go to therapy, but I barely sleep, i feel awful all the time, and I feel like my world is falling apart and there isn't a thing I can do about it.

[charliejazz64]

I had it when I was 13. I'm 45 now...You can make it!

[SystemOfADownGirl11]

i have both bipolar disorders and im only 10 years old. its hard to deal wih. i alrady tried suiside.

[MadHatterTruth]

we live in a population of retards.

[TuRdSandwitch18]

listen im not tryin to bash manic depression im just interested but these symptoms seem like a lot of shit to me. . . plus the diagnosis is pathetic! a chemical imbalance yet no blood test? plus how does ur brain know wen to be depressed and manic? like i sed i genuinely want answers if someone wud convince me about this condition id b happy to believe it

[kill5ou]

did anyone know the jockey has mania?

[icemansam2212]

they are quick to put you on pills so they can make that money

[DaveRob9]

@icemansam2212.... Yes I agree that drug companies like money, but if pills can help someone or make them feel better than i'm all for that too!

[xxjessikaxxx]

I have only the 2nd part. it describes me so well. and now my husband wants to leave me because he cant deal with it. my mood swings and beliving nothing will get better in fact thats how i feel now. i went to see my doctor to get diagnosed so i can get help. and they told me that they dont think i have it and sent me on my way.. what am i suppose to do. i used to cut myself to make the pain go away in my head. but now i have a son and thats not an option. what do you suggest?

[crazywanch101]

Wow,I do the same things.....haven't told my doctor about the cuting though.....I don't really "cut" myself I just scratch myself with the back end of a knife until I sometimes bleed....TMI I know.....But what you can do when you are sad or in a certain mood is tell yourself that it will go away soon...that helps me alot.

[sugarpiexoxo1987]

thats pretty scary =[. but i hope i will be okay..if im diagnosed with bipolar i hope that i can find way better healthy ways to deal and understand the disorder. ive never ever in my lifetime have had to see a psychologist and such. but hopefully things will start going back to where they used to be. =]. i really want to change my behavior

[sugarpiexoxo1987]

i see a counselour/psychologist. and she told me that based on everything ive been telling her she thinks i may be showing a high chance of having bipolar disorder. now i have to be seen by another doctor to find out if it is bipolar =[ blah..not looking forward to it

[fmartinjr]

High risk acting out behaviors like drinking and sexual activities? I think I can relate someone to these diagnosis es.I feel so bad for her.

[metallica12606]

i think drinking and sex describes like every teen lol