family doesn't count. THey don't want to believe it so they deny it's existence.
Friends too.
Hell, EVERYBODY that's not bipolar feels that way.

Well, first of all, let me preach and minute and say that you should definitely not be drinking. It will only make your condition worse. And second, your mother and your friend are not professionals. Listen to your doctor. It's the best way to go.

Yeah i know i deserve to be scolded for drinking. I'm paying for it now, its no fun. Its true they arent professionals it just kind of hurts in a weird way to hear that.

It's a surprise no one has ever said that to me. They mostly all say the diagnosis fits.

I guess that I am lucky. I didn't tell anyone. Then, one day, my sister says "You're bipolar why don't you try...". It floored me. She has been doing some online research and reached the conclusion that I was bipolar.

I keep seeing people who want me to tell them that THEY are Bipolar !!??
There seems to be a fashion bent towards it.
As if it's cool.
BP is the noo black.
Only they don't know how heartbreaking it really is.

I agree only professionals are trained (hopefully) to dx and treat. Sometimes your better off not even discussing it. I'm the one who for years told myself I'm not BP. Ended up with a suicide attempt scared the shit out of me I'm BP, and proud of it. Taking my meds accepting my dx and now dealing with it the best I can. I suggest you do the same. BP gets worse as you grow older be careful:)

reminds of a play I saw about bp (went w/out that was subject matter)....it would be like a massive double dare to go stay with that person and go off meds (play called jump/cut)

Didn't you hear being bipolar is the new trend?

It is the new trend. If we are off our meds we can do whatever we wan't and not be blamed as well. That seems to be going around too. Gives us a bad name.

stupid jerks = [

My psych told me that the BP/ Worsening with age is a false one.I asked a professor too.
Age affects everyone differently.
It's amaxing how they said that the literature and theories in America are to be approached with caution.Too many words, they said.Fixated too much by words and gobbledegook.
The facts are too individual.
BP does can't be generalised just as age shouldn't be stereotyped.
Some BPs are fast.Some elsewhere on the path.
We just like to be scared that's all.

" BP can't be generalised " typo

Everybody is an expert huh? When I was diagnosed three years ago, the PDoc said he knew it the moment I walked in the room. I tell two freinds and they say, "you're not BP, your ADHD". They aren't experts. I have a new PDoc (last one retired) and he checked me for ADHD just in case (I was in a somewhat agitated state when he first met me) and he said I am definitely not ADHD.

For some reason, our freinds all mean to be supportive. But I think BP sounds so scary to them, that they want to lesson what we are going through.

BP is better than manic depressive. My BP got worse after each pregnancy.So i had babys as i got older maybe that why. My oldest son is 28 then daughter 26, then son 21, then daughter 14, then daughter 5 yrs old. My cutie pie. I guess that right there sounds a little BP.