Extreme mood swings, Could i be Bipolar??????????

Question

I have been super depressed for a about a year now and i will be going to see my doctor next week about it.

I have very extreme moodswings, one minute i could be quite content then something trivial happens and suddenely i'm trying or wanting to commit suicide.

Also my feelings or liking to people around me and can changes instantly. For example one minute i'm loving my mum and would never want to hurt her but as soon as she says or does anything that upsets me(even if its trivial,) i'm hating her with a passion and wanting to smash her head against the wall.

I'm scared i could be bipolar, i don't wanna spend the rest of my life like this.

Could i be bipolar ?????????

Answer 1

Maybe or borderline personality or the more likely cause is that it could just be the irritability that comes along with being depressed and being a teenager.

Bipolar disorder is rare, yet overdiagnosed, and unless it runs in your family and you've gotten not just one, but two or three 'second opinions', then it's not something you need to worry about.

Answer 2

I would not jump to conclusions just yet, as there are medical tests to determine the bipolar syndrome. Also, there are other reasons for people having mood swings that have absolutely nothing to do with bipolar at all! Drugs will cause mood swings, also going through puberty is another! And mental stress can be equally guilty in causing mood swings such as taking exams at school or college, marriage breakups, the list goes on! So go and see a doctor for your own piece of mind. Have a good day.

Answer 3

Bi-polar is not rare. It happens to millions of people. You need to be honest with your doctor about the way you feel and act. Most forms of mental illness including bi-polar is a hormone inballance and can be treated sucessfully with medication. If it is and only a shrink can tell you, its not the end of the world. Take what meds they prescribe if any and dont skip any. Talking with a doctor on a regular basis will help out as well.

Answer 4

The word "bipolar" is simply a label used to categorise a list of psychosocial traits that Psychiatry considers to be improper or abnormal in society. Psychiatry defines these traits as a "mental illness", and promotes it as a "disease" that requires "treatment".

It is not a "disease", despite claims or implications made by certain psychiatric and pharmaceutical organisations. 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, including symptoms labelled as "schizophrenia" [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 5

That could be it. Or you could have anger issues. With BPD, you don't necessarily have to have a trigger. To me it sounds like you're a ticking bomb. Do you maybe feel angry even when you're "quite content"? And do you feel relieved when you finally get to release it? Either way, bravo for seeing someone about it. It'll only get worse without help.

Answer 6

That doesn't sound like bipolar. If anything, it sounds more like borderline personality disorder. Whatever it is, you might consider seeing a professional, so you don't spend the rest of your life like this.

Answer 7

You could be, or you could be dealing with depression: There is a form that looks a lot like bi-polar.

Tell your mom, and get help, Honey: This is one monster you can't beat alone.

Good luck!