I feel like I shouldn't have a new diagnosis based on 1 symptom. My irritability is from my anxiety disorder. & if I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder, why does my Mental Health case manager get annoyed because I worry alot?
My psychiatrist is trying to say I'm Bipolar because I get irritable. Irritability doesn't necessarily mean Bipolar, right?
2007-09-13 07:42:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Best advice....Get rid of all the loonies trying to "control" your life. Seriously, it could all be due to your diet, certain foods (or more precisely the additives) really stuff you up, they're worse than things like alcohol and drugs. Just to mention one, wheat, they've modified wheat so that it contains more gluten and it's really affecting lots of people. We have a grandaughter who if you gave her a red icy pole or red cordial and she'd go nutso. And another who goes hypo on Coca Cola.
Oh, and what is laughingly called bipolar in a lot of cases is really a cop out. We all have highs and lows in life, even daily and what is "normal" emotionally has now been labelled. Only the extreme ends should be listed as bipolar, not mid range swings that most people get. And again, those mood swings can also be food related.
2007-09-13 10:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, irritability does not always equal bipolar. A lot of the time psychiatrist and doctors get frustrated with people so they take guesses as to what is wrong with the person and a lot of the time they are wrong. To me it sounds like your mental health case manager picked the wrong career path. You have a form of anxiety disorder which is not your fault and you should be treated with compassion and respect. People who do not have anxiety disorder have absolutely no idea of what it's like and most of them think that those who do have it can turn it off at any time which is untrue. I would hope that your mental health case manager would know this since that is her job. She gets annoyed because either she knows that she is failing you or she herself is really irritable. If I were you, I'd get a second opinion
2007-09-13 14:19:57 · answer #2 · answered by kittysoma27 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The few bipolar people I know are not irritable at all. They have their issues, sure but irritability is not one of them. Bipolar has many facets but the main thing is the combination of depression and manic episodes. Mania and depression do not mean irritability. I get irritable but am not bipolar. I sometimes think therapists seem to be very quick to give a diagnosis.
2007-09-13 09:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bipolar used to be called Manic Depression, you usually have mood swings, the Manic side is when you are really high on life, you feel great, have problems with impulse control, you think life is grand, then there is the other side, the depression, when you want to hide from the world and sleep all day and not talk to anyone, don't shower or get dressed. Most people don't recognize their manic part of the disease, they think that is normal, and they are just depressed when they are down. From what you have described, you don't sound bipolar.
2007-09-13 07:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try the on line free test to see if that suggests you may have. I think a second opinion should be sought. Doctors are not always right or wrong!
http://www.bipolar-lives.com/bipolar-tes...
There are boxes at the side of the page. Click on Bi polar test. Scroll down page to Best free test then click on the purple highlighted Bi polar test.
2007-09-13 08:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by Eye see! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might if they are saying you are bipolar then thy are probably basing there facts on a number of factures and emotions you have not just on the one of irritability.
2007-09-13 07:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by sophia_of_light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not of question of getting irritable, it's a question of getting irritable quickly over something small and then quickly rebounding over something equally small.
Your sense of what's an acceptable reaction may be out of whack because of your disorders.
May be best to get a second opinion, but definitely listen to the professionals on this one.
2007-09-13 07:50:08 · answer #7 · answered by ishootvideo2002 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
its always a good idea to get a second opinion
2007-09-13 07:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by yahman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, just PMS...bad
2007-09-13 12:49:35 · answer #9 · answered by steelgal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋