Name the Mental Illness?

Question

Marked personality change
Strange and Grandiose Ideas
Excessive anxiety
Prolonged Apathy and Irratability
Dramatic highs and lows (not cocaine, for the smart asses)
excessive anger and hostility
Interfering in lives of others (i.e monitering calls money transaction)



Bi Polar or something worse? The point is this person needs interevention but I'm not sure how to go about starting the change. Any and all insight is appreciated

Answer 1

Definitely Bipolar type I

There is also an anxiety disorder. Most likely OCD.
However, people are more complex than that. You can't provide a list of symptoms and expect an accurate diagnosis.

Answer 2

Recommending them to state care can be a huge mistake because they are forcibly drugged, and the more they refuse to be forcibly drugged the more drugs they get till they end up strapped to a bed and pumped full of **** drugs, is that really what you want for them? Sounds a lot like something I went through which all started when I was smoking weed. As soon as I stopped the weed, all the symptoms went away. Im convinced in my case it was paranoid schitzophrenia and the paranoia came with the drug use. The grandiose ideas can extend to the people believing that the songs on the radio were written especially for them at that moment in time, and that theyve discovered some deep spiritual or even religious form of communication or understanding that no one else but the gifted few can understand or realize. (Meglamania)....Other symptoms might include withdrawing from society as a whole and basically becoming more and more introspective and morose. This person seems to be manic depressive (highs and lows) and the hostility could be that they are facing some form of rejection or just a personal identity crisis, they may not really know who they are, and perhaps are trying to find out by soul searching and asking themselves questions. There is a state of being that Eastern writers tell us about where people take themselves to hell and back mentally and spiritually. I cant remember the name they call it by, but the whole idea is to test yourself out by seeing how much mental and spiritual pain you can take. The people who do this to themselves either die or they live, its the ultimate test and its similar to cleansing the soul with fire. The one huge problem with this test is that we all have mind, body and spirit. If any one of those elements goes out of balabce the other two elements go out of whack also. People who have been through this stuff always end up with very poor physical health, sometimes they fast as well as mentally torture themselves which means that by the time they emerge from the torment theyre in serious need of physical conditioning and need to rebuild their muscles and fitness again. I would suggest trying to get them physical but Im no psychologist just someone whos been there done that, and seen it happen to people Ive known.

Answer 3

From the sounds of it - it sounds like two illnesses that both run on my dad's side of the family. Bi-polar disorder, rapid cycler, anger - paranoid schizophrenia would explain the monitoring of phone calls and money, thus suspicion. Mania is linked to strange and grandiose ideas, mood swings.
I don't know for sure, I am not a doctor, but a psychiatrist would be best to ask.
I have bi-polar, but the men on my father's side were 'lucky' enough to get both.
If the poor soul is a minor jump on intervention asap, if not it is really hard to convince someone who is sick that it isn't everybody else that has the problem. I am stuck there. I do know that if treated 'normalcy' (i know - define normal) can be attained, but like I said, I have seen these symptoms my whole life and the myth of it skipping a generation is just that, my son was diagnosed at 9.
Good luck to you.

Answer 4

what about PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Would apply if the personality change came on suddenly. PTSD produces a wide variety of issues, sometimes the person seems fine and the next moment falls apart. The excess of anxiety comes out of the fear that something terrible is going to happen again.

Answer 5

I am not a professional by any means but I have to agree with the first answer this is beyond Bi Polar. Napoleon fell to this category massive mood swings and feelings of grandeur. A health care professional is the only person that is qualified to deal with this situation.

Answer 6

Bipolar Disorder I seems like the best answer. Everything you mention could be part of a severe form of Bipolar Disorder.

It would also be Mood Disorder due to General Medical Condition; if this person gets to a doctor, they should do blood work to rule out any physical causes like thyroid problems, etc.

Answer 7

Sounds like Bi-polar with Sociopathic tendencies.

Talk with this person's family members, and a mental health professional, and family doctor.

Answer 8

if things are really bad a family member can commit a person for a 72 hour evaluation. sounds like it could be a few things happening all at once. if you are not family (of legal age) then have an adult take care of the situation. this person might go for help, but does not want to be the one to ask for it. (the silent scream)

Answer 9

Could be a combination of bipolar, anxiety and borderline personality disorders. This person definitely needs to receive psychiatric evaluation.

Answer 10

ewell, yes it does sound like manic-depressive disorder...Usually, Lithium is the drug of choice. you might want to go to a health food store, and see if you can get it to help you with your moods...it is a mood disorder...you could tell them that it is a mineral deficiancy, which it is, and not a mental illness, persay...and start with the health food store for a beginning...good luck, and let them know only a true caring friend would mention it.