is there any way to test for bipolar and schizophrenia?

Question

is there any medical way to test for bipolar and skitsofrania?

Answer 1

Yes...........it is a psychological evaluation. This must be done by psychiatrist\psychologists. There are common traits medical doctors can detect, but trained professionals in the field give the final prognosis.

Answer 2

Having attended a mental health facility in my life, I can only say that testing for bipolar (I'm not familiar with schizophrenia) is really not the right term. A medical doctor specializing in mental disorders can assess a person usually by the way they behave. You do all the talking in the session, and they do the listening. A person who truly has a disorder(mine happens to be bipolar) wants help so they will not fudge. Bipolar patients usually are depressed first, and then will begin to talk very fast, make decisions without thinking, and also are very impulsive. These are just to name a few. I did know a guy who was a schizophrenic, and when he went without medication it was a scary situation. I believe they hear, and see things that are not really real, but they perceive them to be. Bipolars also must take medication to stabalize their mood swings.

Answer 3

There is no definitive test that can diagnose either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (I have bipolar disorder myself). You can not get a blood test and have a yes or no answer. Usually, both conditions take months if not years to diagnose and the diagnosis can change depending on what part of the world you are living in. Psychiatrists can confuse bipolar disorder with cyclothymia and vice versa, they confuse eccentricity and malingering and brain tumors with schizophrenia. But generally, there are a cluster of symptoms that both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia have and you will likely have enough of them, and to a severe enough extent , that even if you don't want help you're apt to eventually be evaluated (schizophrenics and manic depressives that are untreated have a nasty habit of ending up in hospital psych wards tied to beds.... it's not fun, take it from me). Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder also usually show up for the first time in the later adolescent years (late teens, early twenties).

Good luck.

Answer 4

go see a psychiatrist.

you may have bipolar if you have excessive mood swings, difficulty sleeping, depressing and anxiety, spend way too much money, have euphoria, feel like you're invincible, suicidal thoughts, do stupid stuff like running around the streets naked, drive crazy, etc.

see a professional to get treatment and diagnosis.

Answer 5

Blood tests might in straightforward terms furnish tips on chemical imbalances. suggestions test might in straightforward terms locate abnormalities that doesn't point out psychological ailment, yet rather some style of exact disease that ought to or ought to no longer be categorised utilizing typical approaches.

Answer 6

there are brain scans but they are RARELY done... like usually only in studies and what not... but sometimes if the doctor is having a real hard time diagnosing you with one or the other then he might order one.....

but in general the doctor's are going to choose your diagnosis based on what you tell them...and perhaps psychological tests...and of course by observing you.....

Answer 7

Not really, you should see a professional if you think you may have this problem. Ck on the internet to see the sypmtoms and if you have many of them, get ckd out

Answer 8

Do you keep all the kitchen knives in a secluded place? That is a pretty good sign.LOL!!

Answer 9

You should find this link interesting.

Answer 10

first go to webmd.com and ascess your symptoms.......if they sound familir get a referal to psycistrist