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Q: Bipolar Disorder Symptoms? Help me please!?
Hi,
I’m 13 years old and I think I may have the bipolar disease. The last question I asked led me to google bipolar symptoms and everything, and some of the stuff, like mood swings and feeling rested are like what i have sometimes. please give me websites and more info on this. thanks.
yea puberty was my 1st guess…

A: My step brother is bi polar. He gets really happy and then in a matter of minutes he will be ready to kill someone. I answered ur question, i seriously doubt that your bi polar. They also are crazy strong and can rip ur head off if they want to! If you really do think that you are bi polar then go see a bhttp://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/default.htmehavior specialist.

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Good Luck!

xoxo Jadee

Q: What are the syptoms of bipolar disorder and the symptoms of border line personality disorder?
I don’t know what’s wrong with me.. I just need some help identifying some symptoms, so I have an idea of what could be wrong, and get the right help accordingly.

A: Well Bipolar is usually clasifide as moodswings mostly extermhighs and lows, usually a person tends to be more on one side then the other more manic then depressesd or more depressed than manic
Boderline personality disorder is more like a flutionation of many moods and feeling each mood swing will never end when in reality it only lasts a few hours to possibly a few days

Q: am i experiencing the symptoms of bipolar disorder?
Lately i have been sleeping for the length of time twice as long as usual & then stay awake for 2 days and so and so. Could this be some kind of bipolar disorder?
Thank you. What kind of cancer is possible? I am 22

A: The problem I find with naming behavior so frivolously as mental illness is that people then run their lives by the label:

“Oh, I’m bipolar today.” “I can’t deal with that, I’m manic depressive.”

Everyday becomes careful gardening so your brain doesn’t break. In the end, even normal stresses look like enormous obstacles because “I don’t want to become manic again,” or “Do you think I should be hospitalized? My girlfriend left me and I’m depressed.”

What you’re describing could be a sleep ‘disorder’ or it could just be you with your days and nights turned around because you don’t have a set schedule for anything in your life.

The first step would be measuring what you’re doing. You say two days but how many hours actually? Track your habits for a week. If you’re all off track, and not just pulling all nighters because you were doing something interesting, then napping a couple hours before getting up again a log should show it.

Get an alarm. When my days got long and ran into each other when I wasn’t working, I made myself get up to an alarm just so I could be available to the waking world at the right time again. Waking up in the middle of the night with no one to play with and then crashing at 7 am to 3 pm is not a sleep disorder, it’s bad time management.

Q: What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder ? how do you know if someone has it ?
How do you know if someone in your family is also a manic ? or a manic depressive ?

and if they are how can you help or what should you do ?

and what if they won’t go to the doctors ?

thanks to anyone with any advice.
the family member I have in mind isn’t crazy, but she had a bad childhood. I want to help her.

A: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-publication.shtml

Please read this from the National Institute of Mental Health.

I am a high functioning Bipolar on medication and therapy.

FYI : None of us are Crazy! It is an illness and you can support the family member by educating yourself fully on the illness.

Q: Is being too nice to people one of the symptoms of Bipolar disorder?
I’m way too nice to people and I always end up getting taken advantage of.

A: No, with a bipolar disorder, you swing from being very very depressed to manic or near-manic in behavior.

To stop people taking advantage of you, ask yourself, “Why am I saying ‘yes’ to this?” Do you fear being disliked? If that’s the answer, ask yourself if is it worth it to be “liked” to be treated like a vending machine. There is nothing wrong at all with being nice to people, in fact, I recommend it. But if people are truly using you i.e. taking and taking and taking because they know you won’t say no, that’s not being nice, it’s being used.

Q: How can I tell the difference between Bipolar Disorder and PMS/puberty?
I think I have Bipolar Disorder but I’m really not too sure. I went to a ‘Bipolar Disorder symptoms’ page and found that nearly all of them matched me. Only 3 didn’t, and they may have cause I didn’t fully understand what they meant.

A: if its pms you will only feel the symptoms while on you period. if you have the symptoms constantly then it could be bipolar. go and talk to your doctor though. try not to self diagnose your self, that could just make you nervous.

Q: I wanted to know if these were symptoms of bipolar disorder?
Im 19 years old, Im on Wellbutrin now,

but having:
Violent thoughts, mood swings, compulsiveness cleaning, I get depressed and times very happy, withdraw from everyone and everything, just want to sleep and have suicidal thoughts, though. Once someone tries to get me to open up about my feelings I just get raged with anger.I have been struggling with these moods and thoughts since I was a teenager.

A: Antidepressants actually carry a black boxlabel by the FDA for their huge risk to teens. Suicidal behavior and impulses are dramatically increased in teens who take anti depressants and the FDA is currently trying to make it so that doctors cant prescribe them to anyone (ideally under 24) but probably under 18 or 21.

Also, if it is bipolar, you shouldn’y be only on an antidepressant as bipolar is different from depression and requires a mood stabilizer as well. This is becasue if youre bi polar (meaning you switch from one pole being high to low poles being depression) then an anti depressant alone will make you fluctuate into manic periods or mixed states which is pretty much what you described. You should talk with your doctor and tell him how youre feeling. Maybe theres some other method he can try for your depression or even just adding a mood stabilizer can help TONS. (i recommend Topomax..it helps lose weight which can be a good thing since most antidepressants make you gain weight =)

Q: One of the symptoms of BiPolar disorder is someone who randomly started breaking down for no reason, right?
I wanna know how it could be for no reason? I think there’s always a reason for everything. If you’re gonna cry, there has to be a reason why…right?

A: umm how to explain this….?
have you ever seen a woman that has just given birth? have you noticed that they are really sensitive like they could be just sitting there and start crying? its because their hormones are out of wack so they dont need a trigger to start crying.
but with bipolar disorder they have episodes of depression along with manic episodes. so when they are depressed they are just sad all the time. and when they are sad the slightest thing can cause them to break down.

i hope this helps

Q: can you diagnose yourself if you have a feeling you have the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder?
By reading or researching on the internet?

A: No. The feelings you have of anxiety combined with depression
are not true bi-polar disorder.
Although the mood swings may be severe, just the fact that you recognize them makes you alright.
Someone with bi-polar disease is not likely to recognize what is going on.

Remember, really crazy people don’t think they are crazy.

If you are seriously concerned, you need to see a doctor.

Q: Can weird delusional paranoia be symptoms of bipolar disorder?
Like dumb or “really not likely to happen” paranoid delusionals… such your family is plotting against you and hates you, when also in the back of your head you know thats not true and like friends are out to degrade you or hate you and you know its not true but you stop contact with them anyway…

A: Hey mate, seems to me what your symptoms show is scychitszophrenia ( bad spelling) but it could also be drug induced sycosis or a number of other things. You wont know untill you get a refereal from a Dr to see a syc, they have a diagnosis manual and they also use there knowlegdge to give you an accurate diagnosis.
It is vital you get this seen to now as time is the key to a quick recovery.
In the mean time if you use drugs, stop taking them and dont drink in x s cause it can contribute in a big way to your demise.
I used to smoke pot, alot but it cause these siumilar symptoms in me.
Let yourself recover, things will get better mate.
Sincerely me – some weirdo

Q: What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? How does one behave during this disorder?
Examples would help…
Thanks

A: Just from the few people I know who have bipolar disorder, they seem to be high and happy, life is good and wonderful one moment but then another time they are morose, depressed, crying, very paranoid, sometimes destructive (self destructive or just plain destructive). They’ll be talking about how they are going to conquer the world and bring peace and love to everyone and then a while later they are trying to burn down the house or talking about killing themselves. And you never know what is going to set them off, what little speck of floating lint is going to bring them down from their high (it seems to be easier to sink them from a high then to get them out of a funk into a high). And all of them I know complain that they hate their meds–but without them life for the rest of us with them is just too maniacal and scary. Their highs and lows are far more extreme then what others feel. And this isn’t just a sometimes thing, it’s a constant swinging from being high to low back to high, back to low. They might stay happy for many days but eventually you’ll find them in a black, ugly state where they can’t even listen to reason. And they’ll be depressed for days, can’t even sleep they are so depressed so now they have sleep deprivation on top of depression, but then they go out for a smoke and come back in singing and gloriously happy because the sun is shining and they want everyone to celebrate with them.

Q: How can I beat the symptoms of bipolar disorder?

A: Many different treatments are possible. You should talk to your doctor for the one best for you.
Some common treatments:

Lithium

Anticonvulsant Medications

Antipsychotic Medications

Calcium Channel Blockers

Benzodiazepenes

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Antidepressants

SSRI Antidepressants

MAOI Antidepressants

‘Atypical’ Antidepressants

Tricyclic Antidepressants

Maintenance Treatment

Misc. Nondrug Treatments

Q: Does anyone know someone who has bipolar disorder? What are the symptoms?
I recently met a guy who said he might be bipolar. This disorder runs in his family, his grandmother had it. I do not know alot about it and would like to learn more about it. It is really hard to tell if its just his personality sometimes or the disease taking effect. Anyone who has this or knows of anyone, a family member, friend or coworker, please share. It is really hard to understand where my friend is coming from sometimes.

A: my sister is bipolar. when she wasn’t on meds, she’d act really extreme. either she was super happy, on top of the world, or she’d be really mad and start yelling, throwing things around and breaking them, or she’d be so sad and start crying for no reason. this disease can be really disruptive to your life if you don’t take the right meds

Q: What are the most common symptoms of Bipolar Disorder? (In relation to depression.)?
What differentiates depression from Bipolar Disorder? I would really appreciate professional views! I could Google it, but I want a straight comparison; perhaps even from somebody that has/is still experiencing either of these. How did you come to recognize that you had Bipolar Disorder/depression? Any other information will be greatly appreciated.

Just curious. Thank you.

A: The difference between depression and bipolar is that we cycle between depression and mania. Read on for examples.

Here are some of my personal examples of the extremes. My moods generally last for a couple of months then there is a short period of being normal before I start to swing the other way

The low – Do not care about anything, stop showering, stop cleaning house, crying a lot, sleeping 14 hours a day, want to die but don’t have the energy to plan it, hating yourself for every little bad thing you have ever done….. feeling guilty about everything you have done while manic, knowing that everyone else hates you too. I feel like my mind has stopped working, thoughts are dulled, can’t read….. just lay there like a dead lump of nothing.

The High – these are symptoms as listed online followed by my examples

* FEELING EXTREMELY HAPPY OR IRITABLE* Like you just won the lottery or like your boss just cut your pay in half so he could give his daughter a raise but the feelings go on and on for weeks or months.

*INFLATED SELF ESTEEM* Believe that everyone loves you, everyone knows how smart, funny, pretty, sexy, you are. Think you are so good you can do anything.

* REDUCED NEED FOR SLEEP* 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night for weeks or months and you are never tired.

* TALK FASTER AND MORE THAN USUAL* Ramble on and on but the talk may be disjointed because thoughts are going by so fast you can’t get them out fast enough. It’s called pressured speech.

* BE MORE ACTIVE THAN USUAL* Needing to run 10 miles a day when you never used to even jog. Taking up 5 new hobbies.

* RACING THOUGHTS* Can be seen as confusion. It’s very confusing because your thought go by so fast and you have no control over them it’s like having 10 people all shouting at you at the same time.

* BE EASILY DISTRACTED BY SIGHTS AND SOUNDS* Ohhhh bright and shiny things. Because you have ceased to even try to listen to your own thoughts.

* ACT IMPULSIVELY, DO RECKLESS THINGS, REDUCED INHIBITION, SPENDING SPREES* Spending the mortgage money on furniture, buying 25 books about penguins because wouldn’t it be cute if they could be a colony,* DRIVE RECKLESSLY* 120 mph down back roads with the radio blaring and not really paying attention to the road because of all the bright shiny things, *GET INTO FOOLISH BUSINESS VENTURES* cashing out your 401k to invest in a worm farm or going deep into debt so you can gamble because you know you will win, *HAVE FREQUENT, INDISCRIMINATE, OR UNSAFE SEX* like sex with strangers (without a condom) or with your sisters husband or your husbands sister. Suddenly decide you are bisexual because the opportunity for twice as much sex is there…… Oh my I didn’t know I was into BDSM before… tie me up and flog me baby.

I am Bipolar 1 and while the other types of bipolar may not be as bad they are still much more extreme than the online symptoms portray. The above are things I have one while manic and that’s just a few of them.

Q: bipolar disorder?
i think i may have bipolar disorder. my symptoms fit almost perfectly but people usually don’t take me seriously because i’m only 17. i have perviously been diagnosed with depression and treated for it. i have partaken in self-mutilation and seriously considered suicide. i also have rather severe mood swings where i will be happy and excited one minute and sad the next. i have difficulty focusing on almost anything, even things i used to love. i’ve had problems with anxiety in the past, but those symptoms no longer bother me. lately, even the smallest things will set off a mood change. a little less than three months ago, one of my best friends killed himself and my symptoms have gotten worse since then. i also recently found that my boyfriend had cheated on me. i find myself getting very moody with everyone around me and lashing out at the smallest things anymore. my main problem is this: how can i tell the difference between normal mood swings and bipolar disorder?

A: Hi–From high to low. From euphoria to depression. From recklessness to listlessness. These are the extremes associated with bipolar disorder, which can be a serious and disabling mental illness. Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depression or manic-depressive illness — manic behavior is one extreme of this disorder and depression is the other.

Bipolar disorder often begins in adolescence or early adulthood and may persist throughout life. The causes of bipolar disorder are elusive, and there’s no cure.

The flares of bipolar disorder may last for weeks or months, causing great disturbances in the lives of those affected, their friends and their families. Left untreated, the condition usually worsens. But bipolar disorder can be managed with medications and other therapies.

***When to seek medical advice:
People with bipolar disorder often don’t recognize how impaired they are when experiencing a mood episode and how greatly the disorder is affecting their lives and the lives of others. Friends, family and primary care physicians are all important in recognizing possible signs of bipolar disorder and urging the person to seek professional help.***

Signs and symptoms:

Bipolar disorder is characterized by an alternating pattern of emotional highs (mania) and lows (depression). The intensity of the associated signs and symptoms varies. Bipolar disorder can range from a mild condition to a severe condition, and there may be periods of normal behavior.

Manic phase:

For many people, signs and symptoms in the manic phase may include:

Feelings of euphoria, extreme optimism and inflated self-esteem
Rapid speech, racing thoughts, agitation and increased physical activity
Poor judgment
Recklessness or taking chances not normally taken
Difficulty sleeping
Tendency to be easily distracted
Inability to concentrate
Aggressive behavior

Depressive phase:

In the depressive phase, signs and symptoms include:

Persistent feelings of sadness, anxiety, guilt or hopelessness
Disturbances in sleep and appetite
Fatigue and loss of interest in daily activities
Problems concentrating
Irritability
Chronic pain without a known cause
Recurring thoughts of suicide

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