Am I Bipolar?
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There is nothing wrong with you, but if there was it would be ADD not bipolar. There are very few people i would sufficiently call add you aren't one of them or you wouldn't be able to sit still.
Look up bipolar on wiki, I have a bipolar gf and i know what it is. Have you ever gone from seemingly in love to someone to ready to cuss them out, do you cry when you mean to laugh, do you have alcoholic tendencies, do you lie compulsively, or are you a kleptomaniac? If you said no to all these then there is no way in hell you are Bi-polar. Just so you knowall the above is without looking at the wiki page.
Coming from an American, stop being so american and looking up your problems on the internet or applying some mental illness to yourself as an excuse for a personality or "physical" problem.
Your body is basically telling you please stop wasting me. Those teen hormones are coming in and want you to actually do something, workout for more then a couple minutes at a time you know to the point where you actually sweat. Workout to point where you can hardly move in the morning that'll fix your problem and keep doing it till you have energy.
Edit: Drinking so put up wiht the errors i'm trying to catch them
Look up bipolar on wiki, I have a bipolar gf and i know what it is. Have you ever gone from seemingly in love to someone to ready to cuss them out, do you cry when you mean to laugh, do you have alcoholic tendencies, do you lie compulsively, or are you a kleptomaniac? If you said no to all these then there is no way in hell you are Bi-polar. Just so you knowall the above is without looking at the wiki page.
Coming from an American, stop being so american and looking up your problems on the internet or applying some mental illness to yourself as an excuse for a personality or "physical" problem.
Your body is basically telling you please stop wasting me. Those teen hormones are coming in and want you to actually do something, workout for more then a couple minutes at a time you know to the point where you actually sweat. Workout to point where you can hardly move in the morning that'll fix your problem and keep doing it till you have energy.
Edit: Drinking so put up wiht the errors i'm trying to catch them
Bipolar disorder is typically characterized by instances of extreme manic episodes and extreme depressive episodes, in varying order. The symptoms can vary wildly from individual to individual. Some people, in extreme cases, can be very hyper and agitated for days at a time (mania), not sleeping at all during the episode, then lapse into a deep depression where they can't even get out of bed, or vice versa. Some people experience "mixed" episodes where symptoms of mania and depression occur at the same time. Hyper-sexuality can also be present during manic phases.
Now, I'm not a psychologist, but I seriously doubt you're bipolar from the symptoms you described. If you really think that something is wrong with you then you should really go see your doctor, or more preferably a psychologist rather than asking on internet forums where you're 99% likely to be misdiagnosed and/or receive wrong information etc. (not intentionally, of course. This forum is full of rather upstanding folk).
Source(s): Psychology textbooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
Now, I'm not a psychologist, but I seriously doubt you're bipolar from the symptoms you described. If you really think that something is wrong with you then you should really go see your doctor, or more preferably a psychologist rather than asking on internet forums where you're 99% likely to be misdiagnosed and/or receive wrong information etc. (not intentionally, of course. This forum is full of rather upstanding folk).
Source(s): Psychology textbooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
Let me help you out some more for the escpaist in general. The bottom right of every post there is a quote button. When you quote someone it lets them know you commented on the specific post. If it doesn't work the first time go back up to the post and quote again and it should work that time.icyfresh said:
Just one thing on the above list doesn't mean those are all the symptoms or that you have a bipolar disorder or even two.
It takes on average 10 years for bipolar to be properly diagnosed. It took them 9 with me, and I'm off for a 2 week stint in "crazy camp" (Voluntary inpatient) in a few weeks because I'm not responding to treatment.
You sound like a normal kid to me. I know when I was younger and before I started having issues, I used to romanticize the idea of the insane, you know: The Bell Jar and all that shit. Turns out being batty isn't a picnic, and it's sure not nice for those around you.
You might want to take some time to look up symptoms of an illness on the internet before spewing ignorance on a completely unrelated forum. Yes, it's in the off-topic, but why go to a gamer forum to look for psych advice?
Just like the schizophrenic don't like being confused with multiple personality disorder, the bipolar don't being trivialized as flights of fancy and mood swings.
You sound like a normal kid to me. I know when I was younger and before I started having issues, I used to romanticize the idea of the insane, you know: The Bell Jar and all that shit. Turns out being batty isn't a picnic, and it's sure not nice for those around you.
You might want to take some time to look up symptoms of an illness on the internet before spewing ignorance on a completely unrelated forum. Yes, it's in the off-topic, but why go to a gamer forum to look for psych advice?
Just like the schizophrenic don't like being confused with multiple personality disorder, the bipolar don't being trivialized as flights of fancy and mood swings.
It's generally something that shouldn't be diagnosed until later in life, like in the case of someone who's had a relatively "normal" life suddenly starts having severe emotional meltdowns over completely trivial things...goes from stellar work performance one month to job-on-the-line the next because nobody can stand that person's capricious mood any more...or maybe threats were made in inappropriate situations...and then back to stellar again...
It can be serious stuff, and it is quite real...or so my, er, uh, friend told me...
It can be serious stuff, and it is quite real...or so my, er, uh, friend told me...
Yep. That's why psychologists have the most trouble diagnosing children and teenagers, because most are fairly unique in their behaviors and particular developmental stages. However, if there's a severe problem (which doesn't seem to be the case here, OP, it does sound like puberty doing its work), going to a psychologist/doctor is the most recommended course of action. Never steer someone away from potential help =)dmase said:
My suggestion stands: if you really feel like you have a serious problem, Icy, seek help where you feel it's necessary.
Negative comments? Let's see what I've responded with. I told you you weren't bipolar. I told you China had a 2 child policy. I told you created a duplicate thread. I explained to you the difference between quoting and replying. Which one of these was negative?icyfresh said:
Either you're confused, or you're reading my comments as far more confrontational than they're intended.