Am I Bipolar?
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You do not seem to be suffering from bipolar, to be honest you just seem to have a normal teenage boy pattern of behaviour.
Bi-polar is a kind of depression which has phases of mania. There are two types, one with depression and a few mania episodes and another which has rapid cycles of both depression and mania. Mixed episodes, or feeling both depressed and manic at the same time are also not uncommon in both types but more commmon in one, which I do not remember.
Depression episode: Symtoms include exhausion, under-eating, over-sleeping, feeling suicidal, apathetic, loosing interest in hobbies, inability to do anything, suicidal feelings e.t.c.
Manic episode: Symtoms include over eating, under sleeping, loosing ability to focus, lack of concentration, thoughts rush quickly through your head, everyone else seems to speak/move slowly, feelings of euphoria, paranoia, delusions, lying e.t.c. Usually when suffering the manic phase, people have no memory of what they say and do during the episode
Bipolar is usually diagnosed with depression punctuated with at least a bout of mania lasting over a week.
If you are worried, maybe you should go to a doctor, even just for piece of mind.
Bi-polar is a kind of depression which has phases of mania. There are two types, one with depression and a few mania episodes and another which has rapid cycles of both depression and mania. Mixed episodes, or feeling both depressed and manic at the same time are also not uncommon in both types but more commmon in one, which I do not remember.
Depression episode: Symtoms include exhausion, under-eating, over-sleeping, feeling suicidal, apathetic, loosing interest in hobbies, inability to do anything, suicidal feelings e.t.c.
Manic episode: Symtoms include over eating, under sleeping, loosing ability to focus, lack of concentration, thoughts rush quickly through your head, everyone else seems to speak/move slowly, feelings of euphoria, paranoia, delusions, lying e.t.c. Usually when suffering the manic phase, people have no memory of what they say and do during the episode
Bipolar is usually diagnosed with depression punctuated with at least a bout of mania lasting over a week.
If you are worried, maybe you should go to a doctor, even just for piece of mind.
I'm so energetic right now! Better go and have a jog!icyfresh said:
*goes jogging
Wow! That was a tiring jog, now I feel sooo lazy!
*becomes lazy
OH GOD! I think I'm bipolar!!!! Better tell the internets!!!
Don't try and self diagnose. I did psychology at uni for a bit. You just end up thinking you and everyone you know has every psychological disorder known to man. There's a reason you need to be qualified to be a professional shrink. Any idiot can read a book and check off the symptoms.
If you feel that you're deeply unhappy with your life and want something desperately to change and you feel to do this you need help, go see a psychologist. Don't go in there saying I have all these disorders, go in their a say you need help getting your life together. If you really do have a disorder they'll figure it out.
If you just think things are hard and want magic pills to make it all better then you're out of luck. Coping with a disorder is hard work, even on pills. Ultimately it's all down to you to fix your life. The only way things are going to be different is if you really make the effort to change. Therapy can help give you direction but it's not going to change things for you.
Besides what you're describing seems like normal everyday boredom, possibly stressed? Most people get restless like you're talking about when stressed. And when you're very stressed it gets hard to focus on doing work too.
If you feel that you're deeply unhappy with your life and want something desperately to change and you feel to do this you need help, go see a psychologist. Don't go in there saying I have all these disorders, go in their a say you need help getting your life together. If you really do have a disorder they'll figure it out.
If you just think things are hard and want magic pills to make it all better then you're out of luck. Coping with a disorder is hard work, even on pills. Ultimately it's all down to you to fix your life. The only way things are going to be different is if you really make the effort to change. Therapy can help give you direction but it's not going to change things for you.
Besides what you're describing seems like normal everyday boredom, possibly stressed? Most people get restless like you're talking about when stressed. And when you're very stressed it gets hard to focus on doing work too.
This. Very much this. Trying to self-diagnose or asking other, unqualified people to diagnose you is always bad.Bellvedere said:
Seconds? Then it's definately not bipolar. If you are bipolar you will have a couple of episodes a year lasting about three to six months. Even rapid cycling is about 4 episodes a year. Even ultra rapid cycling is a distinct mood shift in a 24 hour period. Feeling restless then lazy is not bipolar. Bipolar is extreme manic or depressive mood changes.icyfresh said:
Energetic and lazy are not moods, people who are bipolar go from manic happy to depressed for no reason, you are just hyper and then crashing.
Also I know you said not to but your spelling and grammar are horrible, spell check is your friend.
Also I know you said not to but your spelling and grammar are horrible, spell check is your friend.
You are describing nothing that comes close to being diagnosed as Bipoplar. What you are experiencing sounds more like garden-variety dissatisfaction with your body (leading to a compulsive desire to work-out) or cultural/socialized trigger involving an extremely negative view of laziness (leading you to do whatever you can to avoid such a sensation).
What are you eating? Various preservatives, flavourings and colourings can cause both a feeling of lethargy and restlessness. If you also have had 'growing pains', asthma, childhood eczema or rashes, then I'd check out http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/ . Especially if you can also concentrate only on a narrow range of activites (eg computer games) and find almost everything else boring and hard to concentrate on (every single school subject and hobbies everyone want you to pay attention to).
well definitely not bi polar which is characterized by mood swings, but could be ADD/ADHD, but even if not a very huge case. all in all i would diagnose you with the inevitable condition of being a teenager 8P enjoy it!!!
You do realize Bipolar means having "mood swings", right? By moods swings I mean going from happy to sad to angry in the span of a few minutes.
You're just restless. Your body needs exercise. When you eat food your body creates pent up energy so when you just play video games and be lazy, you can't physically release that energy. Then you get up, walk about, get the jitters, and go back to being lazy. The cycle continues. It's normal. You're fine, buddy.
Bipolar is traumatizing and maddening, definitely not at all like what you're describing. Believe me, it's not pretty and it's anything but a romantic ideal. That shit, along with a rainbow variety of other instabilities, runs in my family. When you start day dreaming of suicide, death, and self-loathing one day, and then fantasize the next day about blowing your life savings on a trip to Vegas to work on the slot machines because with how great your feeling you could never ever lose... Then you need to talk to a doctor. Bipolar isn't about feeling restless, it's about swinging from complete hatred of yourself to a complete reckless love for life, over and over and over and over again.
Like I said, you're fine, friend. Relax and go ride a bike.
Bipolar is traumatizing and maddening, definitely not at all like what you're describing. Believe me, it's not pretty and it's anything but a romantic ideal. That shit, along with a rainbow variety of other instabilities, runs in my family. When you start day dreaming of suicide, death, and self-loathing one day, and then fantasize the next day about blowing your life savings on a trip to Vegas to work on the slot machines because with how great your feeling you could never ever lose... Then you need to talk to a doctor. Bipolar isn't about feeling restless, it's about swinging from complete hatred of yourself to a complete reckless love for life, over and over and over and over again.
Like I said, you're fine, friend. Relax and go ride a bike.