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Q: Could I Be Bi Polar And Not Even Know It?

asked by: swooshette on June 15th, 2005

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I went to my fiance's doctor a couple of times and recently we've been having a really hard time so he asked his doctor if he could referr us to couple councelling. His doctor replied with 'is she bi polar'? Ofcourse my fiance was taken by surprise and the doctor went on to list some of the symptoms.

I've never had anyone ask that but could I be??? Are there different degrees of bi polar that can be confused with depression???

How can a doctor whose known you for a mere 15 minutes total see something like this, is there something i'm missing???

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Replies(2)

wildirishrose352

replied on June 17th, 2005

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Bipolar Disorder

I think anythings possible. Doctors are trained to see these symptoms and they could detect this better than anyone else. I'd look into it if I were you. If you ever do feel all of a sudden angry and mad get a piece of paper and a pen and write down everything you are feeling at that moment so you can look back and maybe see what triggered these all of a sudden moments. If you can figure out the starting point then maybe you will be more alert to when you have these outbreaks. I do have one question, do you think you are bi polar?

swooshette

replied on July 9th, 2005

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Tsk Tsk

When I went to see the doctor again, he told me what he thought and asked me all these questions related to bi polar. Turns out he was wrong as I suspected. He made a quick judgment based on only 15 minutes of knowing me, as he said himself, this isn't his area of expertise he is merely a family doctor.

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