I was just wondering what are all the sings/symptoms of Bi Polar? My daughter has a problem w/ taking things and lying that she didnt do it, Even tho we all know she did.She is 14 and in 8th grade... .
2006-09-09 03:52:26 · 10 answers · asked by coyoteugly_73 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
No... stealing is not a sign of bi polar. My brother has that and basically they have mixed personalities. Every little thing makes them mad and the next minute they could be really happy.
2006-09-09 03:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bamby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying, stealing,mood swings, feelings of being grandious (high and low moods) and a whole host of other problems like low self esteem, feeling unwanted, feeling like your family is against and the list goes on and on. I am 46 and I am Bipolar type a & b with psychotic episodes. I have been living with this disease for years now but have only been on meds for the last 15 years. I have been in the psych ward of the hospital numerous times and have had to change meds over and over again. If you don't have a doctor for her or a psychologist and a psychiatrist for help and a possible medication regimen. Hopefully you will seek help for your daughter. Good Luck and God Bless
2006-09-09 11:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good resource for signs and symptoms of mental disorders is: www.nimh.nih.gov. This is the National Insititute of Mental Health website. Bi-Polar basicially consists of 2 phases: a Manic phase and a Depressive phase. Either phase can vary in length and intensity. If this behavior continues, my suggestion would be to seek mental health counseling. Since your daughter is a teenager, it would be advisable to address any behavior problems now before they become more pronounced. Good Luck! Please feel free to email me if you have any additional concerns or questions. I would be glad to offer any assistance that I can.
2006-09-09 11:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by zuxende 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vast majority of people diagnosed with, or who may be diagnosed with bipolar disorder suffer from depression. In fact, there is at least a 3 to 1 ratio of time spent depressed versus time spent euthymic (normal mood) or hypomanic or manic during the course of the bipolar I subtype of the illness. People with the bipolar II subtype remain depressed for substantially longer (37 times longer) according to the study findings discussed in the epidemiology section above.
A 2003 study by Robert Hirschfeld, M.D., of the University of Texas, Galveston found bipolar patients fared worse in their depressions than unipolar patients. (See Bipolar Depression.) In terms of disability, lost years of productivity and potential for suicide, bipolar depression, which is different (in terms of treatment), from unipolar depression, is now recognized as the most insidious aspect of the illness.
Severe depression may be accompanied by symptoms of psychosis. These symptoms include hallucinations (hearing, seeing, or otherwise sensing the presence of stimuli that are not there) and delusions (false personal beliefs that are not subject to reason or contradictory evidence and are not explained by a person's cultural concepts). They may also suffer from paranoid thoughts of being persecuted or monitored by some powerful entity such as the government or a hostile force. Intense and unusual religious beliefs may also be present, such as patients' strong insistence that they have a God-given role to play in the world, a great and historic mission to accomplish, or even that they possess supernatural powers. Delusions in a depression may be far more distressing, sometimes taking the form of intense guilt for supposed wrongs that the patient believes he or she has inflicted on others.
2006-09-09 10:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by Linda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She may need some actual discipline. Especially since you know she did it.
Google Bi-polar. She might have kleptomania.
Has she stolen from stores? Does she have new things that cannot be explained??
These might be things to research.
2006-09-09 11:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it doesn't sound like bipolar to me. It sounds more like a discipline problem. She's old enough to know better, practice some TUFF love, let her know this behaviour is unexceptable, make her suffer consequences due to her theft.
2006-09-13 09:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by tamara.knsley@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your daughter is showing sign of being a kleptomaniac. She does require professional help now, before it goes any further and she gets in trouble with the law. Help her...........
2006-09-09 10:57:59 · answer #7 · answered by skyeblue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's not a diagnosis for bi polar disorder. she just hasn't learnt the consequences of her actions.
2006-09-09 10:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by leolady0765 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notnecessarily. Kleptomania is a disease in its own, and then there are sociopaths. She needs professional evaluation and treatment.
2006-09-09 10:57:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU CAN GO TO WEBMD.COM AND FIND ALL THE INFO. YOU WILL NEED FOR BIPOLAR DISEASE, I DID WHEN MY GIRL WAS DIAGNOSED AS BIPOLAR. AND NO THAT IS NOT ONE OF THEM
2006-09-09 11:00:18 · answer #10 · answered by tara h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋