I think I'm bipolar... Help?!?

Question

I have really severe, really sudden mood swings. Like, one minute I'm giddy and laughing hysterically, and then not five minutes later I'm ready to cry because I'm so depressed. I do that all the time, but with a huge range of different emotions that I get. Does this sound like anything I can get help for?

Answer 1

Underlying, undiagnosed medical conditions can cause any number of "psychiatric symptoms"; these conditions can also include nutritional deficiencies, abnormal blood-sugar levels, allergies and food intolerances.

Have a full medical examination, including tests for the above. Personally I would avoid the psychiatric route like the plague unless you wish to be labelled, drugged and caught up in a coercive system that denies some of the most basic of human rights.

"Bipolar" is not a "disease", despite claims or implications made by certain psychiatric and pharmaceutical organisations. (It was voted into psychiatric reference manuals by a show of hands, not because there was actually any proof of it's medical existence). There is NO credible scientific evidence that shows the existence of what constitutes "bipolar" as a biological/neurological disorder, brain abnormality or "chemical imbalance".

"For a disease to exist there must be a tangible, objective physical abnormality that can be determined by a test such as, but not limited to, blood or urine test, X-Ray, brain scan or biopsy. All reputable doctors would agree: No physical abnormality, no disease. In psychiatry, no test or brain scan exists to prove that a 'mental disorder' is a physical disease. Disingenuous comparisons between physical and mental illness and medicine are simply part of psychiatry's orchestrated but fraudulent public relations and marketing campaign." Fred Baughman, MD., Neurologist & Pediatric Neurologist.

"Chemical imbalance…it’s a shorthand term really, it’s probably drug industry derived… We don’t have tests because to do it, you’d probably have to take a chunk of brain out of someone - not a good idea." Dr. Mark Graff, Chair of the Committee of Public Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association. July, 2005.

Symptoms that psychiatry labels as "bipolar" (or it's related disorders), can stem from any number of variable sources. Many people, for example, have overcome "bipolar" through megavitamin therapy and effective nutrition. A growing wealth of evidence supports that underlying nutritional deficiencies can cause even the most severe mental disorders. (See source refs).

Bottom line? Psychiatry is a belief-system, a "faith", not a science. Despite the huge marketing strategies, the so-called "research" and all the propaganda thrown at the world, there is not one iota of scientific evidence that proves that "bipolar" or ANY mental illness, in fact, exists as an actual --medical disease--. (See this video on YouTube where numerous psychiatrists, gathering at an annual convention, freely admit that their profession is unscientific and provides no cures of any kind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHu7Ik36128)

The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health states: “The precise causes (etiology) of mental disorders are not known” and that “there is no definitive lesion, laboratory test, or abnormality in brain tissue that can identify the illness.”

If you have been told differently then know this: You have been lied to.

For more information, please visit:

http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
Decoding Psychiatric Propaganda

For information on non-drug / alternative approaches:

- http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#B
- http://www.pendulum.org/articles/articles_misc_lisaalt.html
- http://www.truehope.com/_empowerplus/empowerplus.asp
- http://www.mentalhealthproject.com/content.asp?id_Content=1575

Answer 2

That's not bipolar!! Mood swings like that are much more likely to be caused by neurological problems, like a brain tumor. Another common cause is being a teenager and your raging hormones. Then there is something called borderline personality disorder, but it doesn't occur in teens since it's basically emotional retardation. People with borderline personality disorder are emotionally and mentally teenagers going through teen angst. Yes, you can get help.

Bipolar disorder does NOT include cycling from 'one minute to the next' or at least not literally. Then again, someone who is manic may appear to be having mood swings like that, but really what is going on is euphoria and irritability. A bipolar episode has to last at least a few days and can last years. A bipolar person has moments, even days or years of stability inbetween episodes.

Answer 3

Please go see a doctor and have him/her give you a personality evaluation. If you are bipolar, you can get incredible medication that will keep the mood swings under control. If you are bipolar, what you're describing sounds like "rapid cycling" or going through a wide range of emotions very quickly. This could be hormonal, or completely unrelated to bipolar in other ways, though. The doctor will check to see if you have a Thryoid problem or an extremely low Potassium level, both of which can cause depression. Make sure that you are honest with him/her so that you can get whatever help you need as soon as possible.

Answer 4

If it's interfering with your ability to cope with life, then you need to get help. There are medicines than can help modulate your emotions and even out the highs and lows.

If you just felt like this around the time before your period, it could be hormonal. But if it's all the time, and changing quickly, you could be "rapid cycling bipolar". A psychiatrist could help with a diagnosis and medicine.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Actually, that doesn't sound at all like bi-polar. With that you would be depressed for long periods of time, and you would have "highs" for awhile. Mood swings within minutes are not bi-polar tendencies.

Answer 6

i have the same thing. the one thing that helps me is when i feel really emotional, i try to remember like a certain scene in some movie i watched a month ago or somthing like that, and the emotions go away

Answer 7

how old are you if you a teen that's normal
it's just all your hormones and emotions right now there a huge mess but in time they will calm down don't worry about it it's normal

Answer 8

i think i am to...and you have the same symptoms that i have but i guess you can go to the doctors to get medicine for it...bipolar disorder runs in my family and we got medicine for it...i dont take it though...but anyways i wish you the best of luck!!!

Answer 9

It sounds to me like you're mentally retarded, but don't take my word for it!

Answer 10

if your still functioning in society, don't worry about it. just express yourself, nothings wrong with your brain society just doesn't accept it.