I Think I'm Bipolar Stories of Experiences

[EDIT: I'm definitely going to talk with a professional as soon as I make some extra money. I got really good and helpful answers here but some things can be really contradicting so I'm still confused]
Hi everyone, first of all I want...

I have no idea if I am bipolar or not. At one moment I could be happy and everything is going fine. Then the next a thought from the past will trigger in my mind and I get really sad and have a very distant look on my face. My parents...

I just found out yesterday at work that my co-workers are saying that I'm bi polar behind my back. I go in and don't talk to people and I do on occasion have my moods that are work related only. I hate that I'm now labeled as such. I...

My mood changes constantly. My therapist says that bipolarity is where you're extremely happy for no apparent reason for a couple of days then you're pissed for no reason. I sometimes feel that way, sometimes I don't. I don't get it.

My life has been an up and down battle for most of its entirety. I started cutting myself when I was 11, it made me feel better, I didn't do it for attention, I did it on the tops of my thighs where no one could see, I did because it...

After smoking pot daily for months on end, I've hit a three day stretch while at home from college (I know it doesn't sound like much). But I haven't felt this clear headed in ages. It feels liberating in a sense. Because bud is so...

I'm Tyler, I'm 22, and im just starting to tire of it all... All my friend's lives are great, everything just comes easier for them, they all get hooked up with cool jobs from family/friends, they all have attractive girlfriends and...

So I have finally made the appointment to see the doctor but i'm so worried that its going to be brushed under the carpet.

I am pretty certain that I have some level of bipolar / borderline personality disorder - I have thought this...

Sometimes I can laugh so hard my stomach hurts. The next thing I feel is great depression, like someone dear to me has just been snatched away. This happens all the time, it's the second year now and there's no one I can tell or show...

I've never thought of myself as being bipolar until a few days ago, i knew about the illness however i never considered myself ever having it until one day as i was reflecting back upon my own life, i realised that it might be a...

my friends say im am but im not sure. i can go from happy to upset in seconds. could someone help

I was felling emotionally unstable and the psych put me on tablets sertraline antidepressant. I was taking them for a week and hardly slept i stayed up all night then went into work in the morning worked all day then came home and...

My aunty is bipolar and I think maybe I have to too.. I dont know. I feel depressed most of the time, I dont really have a reason, their are just times when I feel like, I cant explain, dark I guess, like nothing matters and no one...

I think I'm bipolar. Lately I've been in a great mood and then anything just gets me to snap. I feel bad because my husband has been getting the worst of it. I'm not sure what I should do to fix this. I just feel helpless. I try to...

My whole life, I have been prepared for this breakdown.
Growing up with an autistic father and bipolar/postpartum mother and schizophrenic brother, I knew my sanity could never be taken for granted.
I never felt "normal"...but I always...

I just swapped 3 moods in 10 seconds, I think I've broke my wrist.

I don't know what's happening anymore. My therapist assumes I'm having manic episodes, I never liked recognizing my moods that way before but I swear I have never dealt with this part of this, if it's really what it is, as much before...

When I'm loopy, I wished for peace
When I'm sane, I wished to be mad again.
And I suspect I'm stuck in between.
What the heck is wrong with me?
Ahahaha, what the hell....
I suspect I'm sane
Pity.

I had been daignosed for bipolar disorder and what I think is Bipolar disorder is not a curse its in fact can prove to be a boon for the person if he learns to manipulate his mania and he learns to be patient while a depression phase...

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