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I feel like I may be bipolar but I’m not exactly sure
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Anonymous 1d

do you ever feel like you have moments where youre just on cloud 9 and your body feels rushed, agitated or over energized out of nowhere to the point it feels inhumane? youre reckless w money, sex, and/or alcohol? and you maybe feel better about yourself more than you usually do? possibly followed by episodes where youre utterly depressed and have lost interest in your hobbies, routine and/or life? you have no will to do anything let alone live? do these periods last days-weeks or weeks-months?

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Anonymous 15h

I agree with #1. I didn’t start thinking I was bipolar until late high school/early college, but I always knew something was wrong. It took me having a psychotic episode for several weeks before I finally got help and that was my sophomore year of college (5 years ago). Don’t wait like me. Talk to a psych asap. However, side note, a lot of people think they’re bipolar, but then are diagnosed with bpd. Please thoroughly research both

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

im not a psychiatrist but thats a bit of my experience with bipolar symptoms in a nutshell, which i take mood stabilizers for. i havent felt truly manic in awhile, though, and ive been mainly stuck with depressive symptoms for better or for worse 🤷

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

definitely talk to a psych asap, though, the longer its untreated the more debilitating it becomes

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

Check out the DSM-V

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