How do you tell if your bipolar?? - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

kaylakitty · 11-25-2008, 10:40 PM

I cannot tell, and without parental help i cannot go to a family doctor. I suspect having bipolar disorder.
I have episode where i'm 'high' on the scale and i feel like i can't make decisions. i am shaky and sometimes i feel like i'm going through a dream, and everyting i do i cannot control. I have a period of time where i have an episode, and then i go into depression, then an episode again.
The episode can make me feel so unhappy i want to cry (so can the depression) and then sometimes i feel like i've had too much to drink and i'm carefree. But i know that i cannot make good choices while in that state so i dpn't enjoy it like some people do.
I feel so bad hurting my friends with what i call my 'insanity' but i feel like i cannot talk to anyone about this. In anyones opinion, could this be bipolar disorder?

dreams in neon · 11-26-2008, 12:15 AM

No one here can make a diagnosis, but if you suspect that you have bipolar, you might want to contact a free clinic in your area for an evaluation.

If you don't want to go that route, why not tell your parents what symptoms you're having and ask them to take you to see a pdoc (psychiatrist)?

Good luck.

tigger5150 · 11-26-2008, 04:13 PM

I would concur with Dreams..... if cannot see someone at a free clinic, you definitely should speak with your parents as well and let them know what you are going through. Good Luck!

katlin09 · 11-26-2008, 10:16 PM

Have you talked to your parents and asked them to take you to a Psychiatrist for an evaluation? You could also go to your school counselor or nurse and talk to them, maybe if you told the counselor your problems and she thought they were serious enoughto warant help, then she could talk to your parents....

And like Neon said there are free clinics, I believe they will take teenagers, witout parents accompanying them.

Good luck and let us know what you decide.

Kat