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Bipolar
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Is there a way you can know if your bipolar or not without going to the doctors?
I really think I am. I mean I'll be all happy and fine one minute and then someone will say something and I'll go quiet and not laugh or say anything. Or I'll be sitting in my room singing and just messing around and then i'll just suddenly stop and start crying (most of the time for no reason, or a really stupid reason like my boyfriends not around). I just dont know what to do anymore. It really kills me and I know it messes up my boyfriend.
Does it sound like im Bipolar to you?
So another question I guess would be how do I bring it up to my mom if I need to go to the doctors to find out?
And how exactly do they know?
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I am diagnosed with Bi-polar, severe depression, social anxiety, and OCD. I didn't know I was bi-polar or any of those. I started noticing more and more when my boyfriend mentioned something about it. We would be fine one minute & then a minute later I'd find myself screaming at him and getting mad at him for no reason at all. I also, would sometimes be so happy then a minute later cry for no reason. Finally, I went to the doctor and all they do is evaluate you. Be honest with them & they can really help you. It took a lot for me to get the courage to ask my dad to take me to a doctor. But he said he had noticed the same changes in me too. The doctor will ask you questions, and ask how your feeling. Just answer everything truthfully & they will let you know if something is wrong. If so, they will put you on medicine to help control the sudden mood swings, etc. Ever since that, I have felt a lot better. I'm still on the medicine & I still have my bad days but it's nowhere near as bad as it use to be. Good luck sweetie! ♥
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Ok, well it does sound like you are bipolar. You never know though. Tell your mom about your feelings and how they change so dramatically and get you a doctors appoinment so they can see if you have this. One of my friends have this and sometimes they miss out on important things because they are feeling so bad...etc..so i would def. get it checked out. Good luck!
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This is a bit like asking how you can find out if you have cancer or not without going to the doctors... you simply can't. You can think you have it. You could be dying and suffering, but until you get a professionals opinion you are only guessing.
Do no take any online tests. Mood disorders are all about severity. Anyone can present the 'symptoms' of a mood disorder or mental illness, in fact, almost everyone does! Being diagnosed is about the intensity and severity of your symptoms. That is why is takes someone well trained and experienced and why it isn't something they can just look at you and tell. They have to listen and talk to you for quite some time before coming out with such a label.
A doctor who listens to your for 20 minutes and declares you bi-polar, is irresponsible and should not be trusted.
Frankly, no, you don't sound like bi-polar to me. The idea that bi-polar people switch quickly from one mood to another is inaccurate. Very, very, very few people suffering from that mood disorder change moods suddenly. More often, they go through ups and downs that last weeks or months at a time. The highs are extremely high with them getting lots done and never getting upset about anything and the lows are extremely low where nothing gets done and they loose all pleasure in things they usually like.
What you are describing sounds like stress and hormones pushing you up and down. It’s definitely something a therapist could help you with, but not so much something that needs a scary label in order to be talked out and learned from.
If you want to talk to a doctor about what you are experiencing, just tell you mom you want a routine physical and ask to go in by yourself. Give any reason you'd like (she'll probably assume its sex) but only a very irresponsible parent would deny their child a routine physical. If you haven't had one recently, you should have one anyways.
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