is my girlfriend bi-polar?

Question

I know people with it get change moods really fast from happy to sad etc.


She can be all happy and listing to her music and if i do not say a word to her or even look at her she gets all pissed off saying pissing her off because of my addaitude but im not giving any aditude to her at all. Then she will fight with me to the end untill she gets her way. after i have walked away for about 5 mins she comes back to me sad saying shes sorry and blah blah trying to make up.

Answer 1

Some people that are thought to be bi-polar are actually hypoglycemic. And they act that way because their blood sugar gets to low.

Symptoms
Fatigue
General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise)
Nervousness
Irritability, or even aggression
Trembling
Headache
Hunger
Cold sweats
Rapid heart rate
Blurry or double vision
Confusion

Answer 2

Ok, for starters, bi-polar people do not change from manic to depressed overnight constantly, they spend long periods of time at each extreme. So I'm just gonna go ahead and assume she's not bi-polar, and just tells people she is because it helps her get away with saying a whole lot of things that others will just write off as "oh, it's just cuz she's bipolar". Could she be depressed? Yeah, it's possible, but I'd put more chance in her just being an emotional basketcase who doesn't think about what she says or how it affects anyone around her (better known as a teenage girl)... Find a new one, you'll be better for it.

Answer 3

Happy one moment and upset the next is not always a sign of a disorder. Moodiness is part of life. It could be something else that's bothering her or it could be that you are so inconsiderate and blind that you don't even know what's going on.

You probably annoyed her and then she over reacted. She then felt bad for over reacting and apologised to you for the way that she told you off. That's human behaviour not bipolar!

Bipolar disorder is not simply 'being happy one moment and upset the next'. Generally, mood swings that occur with bipolar patients are episodic and last as long as a week or even months and inbetween episodes or while on medication, a bipolar person can be just as 'normal' as you or me.

Playing psychiatrist is not a good idea especially when you don't have all the education needed and start spouting out to everyone you know "omg so and so is bipolar!" It's a problem that many intro-psych/abnormal psych students find. I think you should stop worrying about whether or not you or your girlfriend has a mental illness and start paying attention to what you are doing that ticks her off so much! Because you are doing something. She's not saying you didn't do anything by apologising for yelling at you.

Answer 4

My father is Bi polar and although symptoms range some clasic symptoms are feelings of grandiosity, severe highs and lows and restlessness. Some Bipolars can go weeks without sleep. Mood swings are part of it but for my father at least its more like thinking he can control the world one minute to unbelievable saddness and/or anger and there's lots of paranoia in there as well.

Answer 5

No, changing mood dosen;t contains bi polar. Bi polar disorder will appear to a person who has major anxiety problem and they seems to listen to voices as you can notice people walking in the street will keep talking to themselves those people are suffering from bi polar..It is good to see a doctor or a counsellor properly she might be suffering from depression.

Answer 6

Very possible, or she's very young I grew up with a bypolar mom its no picnic crying one min sorry the next suicidal the next If she is get her help if shes not run like hell

Answer 7

wow !! i guess she is super cranky !!
but dont get angry with her behaviour !! there must be a logical reason behhind it !
maybe she is having some problem .........mayb some trbl at home or maybe her grades r affecting her............!!
try to talk to her !! be nice !! and if she gets angry keep quiet and walk away !! tell her tat u need her to talk to u and tell u y she is pissed off !!
or else she cant expect u to help !! and tat ur ready to give her all the support she needs !
tc
all the best

Answer 8

I think she is just trying to get you to show how much you care about her. When she says those sort of things to you, don't respond with an aggressive come back, but try and convince her how much you care about her. And most girls are completely confusing, so thats my opinion.

Answer 9

bi-polar is one of the hardest diseases to diagnose. sometimes it takes yrs to accurately diagnose it. there r several other diseases that have some of the same symtoms. yes wild mood swings r one of them. there is treatment to help maintain it. one of the biggest problems with bi-polar, is alot of the people with it, often won't admit there is anything wrong.

Answer 10

She sounds like a teenager. May be too young to diagnose as bipolar. Either way she sounds like a shrew.