I think im bipolar.

[Confused]

I think im bipolar but no-one is willing to diagnose me and im not sure what to do. Its all too much for me to take. Any advice?:confused:

[admin]

Why do you think you got bipolar?

Can you describe your symptoms including duration?

[Jenny19]

The primary symptoms of bipolar disorder are dramatic and unpredictable mood swings. Are you experiencing this symptoms?

[bobgarden]

I think im bipolar but no-one is willing to diagnose me and im not sure what to do. Its all too much for me to take. Any advice?:confused:



hi,
l just joined this forum and understand what your going through.l also think l have bipolar,but haven't been diagnosed as yet with this disorder.
diagnosing a person with mood disorder properly is through a person's behaviour and not through any blood test.But it can be difficult for the one that is doing the diagnosing when the patient has been drinking like me over the decades to hide me disorder,mainly because l am so ashamed of it.

lt is difficult to convince the sufferer that he or she has the symptoms of bipolar,because of many reasons,they do not want to face up to having a mental illness due to a stigma is attached and will therefore effect your life with who you associate with.

The symptoms l have which tells me l have bipolar are suicidal thoughts,severe depression one day where l think will never go away,very tensed up and fear of socializing without any drink inside me,terrible head pounding vice like headaches which turns into dizzy spells sometimes,tiredness,palpitations,prolonged sadness and irritability,my emotions can be high and low,excessive worries and anxieties.
l also can't sit still when speaking to someone on some occasions,all depends on the environment l am in.

These are some of the signs l think are the symtoms of bipolar

[jekelandhyde]

hi there, i understand how hard this i s, i have been told that i have bi polar

my symptoms range a few are,
when im up i love everything, my mind races , i run around and feel so happy i spend hours looking at trees and tiny specks of dust because they interest me so much, i pursues men and women for sex , take my clothes off ect, download porn get involved in high risk stuff like going to meet guys i never met and have unprotected sex with them, i have so much energy , i hear voices at night, have gross thoughts and get impulses to buy stuff , i think about smashing things up and hurting people and find it funny its like a burning excitement. but then when im down i have psychosis , ending me up in a and e. i see brown spiders crawling on my doctors legs yesterday, he told me i need to be in hospital again but i refused, i cant explain i feel orgasmic, you have orgasms for nothing you could be sat down an d they come on, the highs last months sometimes and the lows last weeks, i cut my self out of excitement . im so brilliant when im high i prance around laughing, i need only 500 kcals a day and 4 hours sleep. i get so angry too. my lows are not so fun i cry all day cant wash get up nothing. i throw all my meds away i throw all my clothes out. i seek sexual partners, female sometimes and im not gay.

its so weired this illness one day you will be the king and queen the next day you will be wanting to be dead. you dont always know if you are real and if your in some dream. just a few details of my every day life. this has cost me my job, my friends and now my freedom. waiting for them to come now so they can sit there with clip bored s looking like there glad it aint them that this is happing too, then they force me to take olanzpine and valium , then im asleep till the next day ...this is hell. and im here for you x:eek:

[jekelandhyde]

jekelandhyde;3023]hi there, i understand how hard this i s, i have been told that i have bi polar

my symptoms range a few are,
when im up i love everything, my mind races , i run around and feel so happy i spend hours looking at trees and tiny specks of dust because they interest me so much, i pursues men and women for sex , take my clothes off ect, download porn get involved in high risk stuff like going to meet guys i never met and have unprotected sex with them, i have so much energy , i hear voices at night, have gross thoughts and get impulses to buy stuff , i think about smashing things up and hurting people and find it funny its like a burning excitement. but then when im down i have psychosis , ending me up in a and e. i see brown spiders crawling on my doctors legs yesterday, he told me i need to be in hospital again but i refused, i cant explain i feel orgasmic, you have orgasms for nothing you could be sat down an d they come on, the highs last months sometimes and the lows last weeks, i cut my self out of excitement . im so brilliant when im high i prance around laughing, i need only 500 kcals a day and 4 hours sleep. i get so angry too. my lows are not so fun i cry all day cant wash get up nothing. i throw all my meds away i throw all my clothes out. i seek sexual partners, female sometimes and im not gay.

its so weired this illness one day you will be the king and queen the next day you will be wanting to be dead. you dont always know if you are real and if your in some dream. just a few details of my every day life. this has cost me my job, my friends and now my freedom. waiting for them to come now so they can sit there with clip bored s looking like there glad it aint them that this is happing too, then they force me to take olanzpine and valium , then im asleep till the next day ...this is hell. and im here for you x:eek:[/QUOTE]I

know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way. - PATTY DUKE (1946- )

[Ecoleman24]

I think im bipolar but no-one is willing to diagnose me and im not sure what to do. Its all too much for me to take. Any advice?:confused:

I would like to offer advice but I really need more information. Do you have any reasons that you feel comfortable sharing? Can you give some examples of your behavior and reactions to the world and people around you that have lead you to think you may be Bipolar?