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A lot of my friends have brought up that they think I'm bipolar. I looked at the symptoms and I just though, "holy crap... nononononono!!!" I matched all but *ONE* of the symptoms. I really wanna get tested just to se if my friends and the internet are right, but I don't wanna get tested because of the possibilty that they are right. Then there's the problem of my mom. She already thinks there's something wrong with me!! I don't want her thinking that I'm totally INSANE!! But then again, who cares what she thinks, right? I don't need her acceptance! Holy crap... see what I mean?????
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replied February 28th, 2012
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What kind of symptoms are you having? There are several types of bipolar disorder, with differing symptoms.

If you really think you're showing that many symptoms, you definitely need to find some help, these things tend to get worse when left untreated, and you don't want that. If your friends and the internet are right, you need to know, and soon; if they're wrong, you need to know what really IS going on.

As far as your mom goes, if you don't want her thinking you're "totally insane," then she needs to know what's really going on. She should know anyway, even if you don't want her acceptance.
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replied February 28th, 2012
I walk in my house and go from being happy as ever to being extremely tired and depressed. Softball used to be my life, now I just wanna stop. When I'm feeling depressed at school, I don't want to do any of my work- and I used to really care about my grades. I can't sleep- thats why I'm on here at 2:00 AM!!! Some days I just can't seem to get enough to eat and others I'm just not hungry. Just a few hours ago, I tried on an outfit and got so excited about wearing sparkles and pigtails when I go to school- which even when I feel AMAZING isn't really me. A lot of people might say this is just teenage hormones(I'm 13), but that just doesn't seem right. Annnnddddd, even though I try not to, when I feel depressed I isolate myself from the world by listening to Evanescence turned all the way up with headphones or I cut myself.
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I walk in my house and go from being happy as ever to being extremely tired and depressed. Softball used to be my life, now I just wanna stop. When I'm feeling depressed at school, I don't want to do any of my work- and I used to really care about my grades. I can't sleep- thats why I'm on here at 2:00 AM!!! Some days I just can't seem to get enough to eat and others I'm just not hungry. Just a few hours ago, I tried on an outfit and got so excited about wearing sparkles and pigtails when I go to school- which even when I feel AMAZING isn't really me. A lot of people might say this is just teenage hormones(I'm 13), but that just doesn't seem right. Annnnddddd, even though I try not to, when I feel depressed I isolate myself from the world by listening to Evanescence turned all the way up with headphones or I cut myself. I do have kind of a history of it, meaning I cut when I was in the 7th grade, then I went to therapy, then my mom stopped taking me, then I started to cut again. I know this isn't a lot, but its all of what I can relate to what I remember off the website.
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I walk in my house and go from being happy as ever to being extremely tired and depressed. Softball used to be my life, now I just wanna stop. When I'm feeling depressed at school, I don't want to do any of my work- and I used to really care about my grades. I can't sleep- thats why I'm on here at 2:00 AM!!! Some days I just can't seem to get enough to eat and others I'm just not hungry. Just a few hours ago, I tried on an outfit and got so excited about wearing sparkles and pigtails when I go to school- which even when I feel AMAZING isn't really me. A lot of people might say this is just teenage hormones(I'm 13), but that just doesn't seem right. Annnnddddd, even though I try not to, when I feel depressed I isolate myself from the world by listening to Evanescence turned all the way up with headphones or I cut myself. I do have kind of a history of it, meaning I cut when I was in the 7th grade, then I went to therapy, then my mom stopped taking me, then I started to cut again. I know this isn't a lot, but its all of what I can relate to what I remember off the website. And it all is VERY frequent.
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Sorry. Stupid touch screen phone likes to make me hit "Post A Reply" before I want to.
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I walk in my house and go from being happy as ever to being extremely tired and depressed. Softball used to be my life, now I just wanna stop. When I'm feeling depressed at school, I don't want to do any of my work- and I used to really care about my grades. I can't sleep- thats why I'm on here at 2:00 AM!!! Some days I just can't seem to get enough to eat and others I'm just not hungry. Just a few hours ago, I tried on an outfit and got so excited about wearing sparkles and pigtails when I go to school- which even when I feel AMAZING isn't really me. A lot of people might say this is just teenage hormones(I'm 13), but that just doesn't seem right. Annnnddddd, even though I try not to, when I feel depressed I isolate myself from the world by listening to Evanescence turned all the way up with headphones or I cut myself. I do have kind of a history of it, meaning I cut when I was in the 7th grade, then I went to therapy, then my mom stopped taking me, then I started to cut again. I know this isn't a lot, but its all of what I can relate to what I remember off the website. And it all is VERY frequent.
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replied February 28th, 2012
Annnndddddd the other day, I was sitting in the car, waiting for my mom and I almost started crying... Why? No idea... No reason at all. I had to fight my tears bc my mom was walking out of the house.
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Annnndddddd the other day, I was sitting in the car, waiting for my mom and I almost started crying... Why? No idea... No reason at all. I had to fight my tears bc my mom was walking out of the house.
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Annnndddddd the other day, I was sitting in the car, waiting for my mom and I almost started crying... Why? No idea... No reason at all. I had to fight my tears bc my mom was walking out of the house.
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what???????I HATE this phoneeeee!!!
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