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bipolar?
Replies: 7Last Post Sep. 8, 2008 11:50am by BLUEAUTOMATIC
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ok well ive always had moodswings that go wayyy up and down...one moment ill be really happy...then the next all i want to do is laydown and sulk...i also think ALOT and sometimes ill get racing thoughts..it was harder to control wheni was younger and itd almost feel like i would loose conciousness cause everything started moving so fast but as ive gotten older very rarely will i loose control..ill just think too fast and then get myself worked up over nothing and not being able to control it...its really scary sometimes...could this be bipolar dissorder?

there isnt anyway i can get help for this cause my parents would never believe me and send me to a shrink...but i just want to know if this is something serious then ill work on correcting it myself...


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You seem to fit the description.

I'm trying to work things out myself.
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you can go to a doctor and tell them your suspicions and they do blood tests

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When you have Bi-polar, the mood changes are instantly then take weeks to get through. Like I will be depressed for three weeks, then I will be in mania for about four weeks.

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It sounds like it could be.. but it doesn't mean it's serious just because it's a diagnosable disorder. It could just be mild and controllable. And it sounds like you are aware of that and are positive about handling it yourself, which is great.

Some people don't think of it as bipolar disorder unless it's severe enough to cause problems. But personally I disagree and say that there's an element of it there from what you're describing. Just keep up your realistic efforts and you'll be alright.


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you need to have a scan before you can go around claiming to be bi-polar, many people "match the description" but you'll find most of those people are hormonal teenagers

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Quote: from On my Knees at 11:45 am on Sep. 8, 2008

When you have Bi-polar, the mood changes are instantly then take weeks to get through. Like I will be depressed for three weeks, then I will be in mania for about four weeks.

Mild cases can be less defined than that though, and could just be mistaken for mood swings. Often it doesn't need clinical treatment, but bipolar tendencies are not the same as mood swings.


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The thing about mental illnesses, disorders and syndromes is that the symptoms are widespread.

'racing thoughts' which I get myself are common in schizophrenia, bipolar as well as other things.

No one here can tell you if you are x, y or z, as it could be any number of things and the fact none of us are psychologists, especially when it would be pointless - only a 'shrink' can treat it, especially if you have bi polar which needs medicine.

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