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.
So my doctor said I could possibly be bi-polar but he sent me to a psychiatrist to figure it out who set out to try and figure out my hair pulling disorder more which I knew was a waste of time so I stopped seeing him, I felt uncomfortable around him.
I'm just so confused as to why I act the way I do. I know some past experiences have caused me to be this way but I get irritated very easily. I talk fast sometimes and my mood is happy one minute and extremely angry/sad/or whatever it turns into the next minute. I am confused because I'm not sure if depression is doing this to me.
My best friend is bi-polar and she will go through time periods where she is happy and nothing is really wrong with her and other times where she is extremely depressed, no hope, angry and so on. I don't have it as bad as her at home so I am happier in that general area but I still have a lot of issues that cause me to get worse at times. She is not taking medication so she is dealing with her bi-polar disorder on her own which I think is very unhealthy and it makes me worried for her.
I was taking Celexa but it made me chronically depressed after a couple months but when I was off of it, I was irritable, very angry and just not a happy person. Now I have switched to Lexapro and I am getting depressed again off and on so I think the medicine is helping me in general.
I get so angry with ones I care about so easily and it's hurting me and them. I don't understand what is wrong with me and I want to stop getting in these mood swings. I can't tell if it's my chronic depression or if I'm actually bi-polar or if it's possibly both!
This is super long so I hope you haven't gotten bored reading this yet but I was just trying to give you a general idea as to how it kind of is so you can maybe give me some sort of answer to my question..
I plan on going to a therapist to get my answer but it won't be for awhile so I don't want to drive myself insane in the meantime!! Please help me!
I'm just so confused as to why I act the way I do. I know some past experiences have caused me to be this way but I get irritated very easily. I talk fast sometimes and my mood is happy one minute and extremely angry/sad/or whatever it turns into the next minute. I am confused because I'm not sure if depression is doing this to me.
My best friend is bi-polar and she will go through time periods where she is happy and nothing is really wrong with her and other times where she is extremely depressed, no hope, angry and so on. I don't have it as bad as her at home so I am happier in that general area but I still have a lot of issues that cause me to get worse at times. She is not taking medication so she is dealing with her bi-polar disorder on her own which I think is very unhealthy and it makes me worried for her.
I was taking Celexa but it made me chronically depressed after a couple months but when I was off of it, I was irritable, very angry and just not a happy person. Now I have switched to Lexapro and I am getting depressed again off and on so I think the medicine is helping me in general.
I get so angry with ones I care about so easily and it's hurting me and them. I don't understand what is wrong with me and I want to stop getting in these mood swings. I can't tell if it's my chronic depression or if I'm actually bi-polar or if it's possibly both!
This is super long so I hope you haven't gotten bored reading this yet but I was just trying to give you a general idea as to how it kind of is so you can maybe give me some sort of answer to my question..
I plan on going to a therapist to get my answer but it won't be for awhile so I don't want to drive myself insane in the meantime!! Please help me!
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I can certainly relate to what you're going through. I also felt and still do what a terrible person I am to get pissed off and yell at my family. I have children and I've felt like I'm such a rotten mother. I hope you find a doc. you feel confortable with. I know it can be frustrating. Was your friend diagnoised or does she think she's bipolar?
Please try to get in to see a psychiatrist that specializes in teen psychiatry. It's just really tricky, because teens are changing so rapidly anyway.
I won't say you are bipolar or not. You do have a lot of symptoms that could be caused by a number of issues. The hair pulling is a disorder, but it seems like you already know that. Therapy can help that a lot.
You will also need a good adolescent therapist to help you learn to deal with mood swings, etc. and learn how to create an action plan if you get depressed, or irritated, or whatever, even if you are not bipolar.
So, the goal is to find an adolescent psychiatrist that doesn't suck. You should see the psych; not his or her nurse practitioner. Your initial session should be at least an hour long, and subsequent appointments should always be WITH the pdoc; not his or her nurse practitioner.
Let us know how it goes.