Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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I think I may have been hiding my symptoms, as best I can, of bipolar II from my husband, my therapist, and my parents for the past many months. I have been doing well for the past several months, especially considering how difficult the last three years have been with stresses in my life. But I do have times where I become depressed, what I think is hypomanic, and also ocassional fleeting suicidal thoughts (recently).
I have been watching more television and movies this year, I think as a way to escape my strong feelings. I haven't been able to be consistent with hardly anything - my interests, my desires, my hobbies, my homemaking, the way I am with my children, etc. I don't let people know too much about that though.
I've been trying to convince myself and others who know about the possibility I may have bipolar II, that I don't have it by showing them my good behavior. It's been since I've joined DS and I've met other bipolar friends that I've started to once again explore this possibility.
Have any of you ever done anything like this? If so, what kinds of thoughts/behaviors did you try to hide from others(at least to the best of your ability)?
I have been watching more television and movies this year, I think as a way to escape my strong feelings. I haven't been able to be consistent with hardly anything - my interests, my desires, my hobbies, my homemaking, the way I am with my children, etc. I don't let people know too much about that though.
I've been trying to convince myself and others who know about the possibility I may have bipolar II, that I don't have it by showing them my good behavior. It's been since I've joined DS and I've met other bipolar friends that I've started to once again explore this possibility.
Have any of you ever done anything like this? If so, what kinds of thoughts/behaviors did you try to hide from others(at least to the best of your ability)?
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My parents knew about all this before, but I changed my mind and thought it was other issues I had...not bipolar. Now I'm not so sure.
It's more that I've been hiding the symptoms I am able to hide because I don't want others to say, "See, you do have bipolar." I'm not necessarily in that same frame of mind anymore though.