Bipolar Disorder

[Fool Of Doom]

Well, I was playing Super Mario World (SNES) on my computer, and even though I had already beaten the game, I decided to play anyways. So, any time I died I got extremely pissed off, so pissed off I slammed my fist onto my desk, so hard that it's red and swollen (it looks like it's broken.) I had no Idea why I was getting so pissed, but I was reminded of my friends dad, who is Bipolar. So I looked up the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and found this :

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic-depressive illness, is a condition that affects more than two million Americans. People who have this illness tend to experience extreme mood swings, along with other specific symptoms and behaviors. These mood swings or "episodes" can take three forms: manic episodes, depressive episodes, or "mixed" episodes.

The symptoms of a manic episode often include elevated mood (feeling extremely happy), being extremely irritable and anxious, talking too fast and too much, and having an unusual increase in energy and a reduced need for sleep. It's also very common for someone to act impulsively during a manic episode, and engage in behaviors that are risky or that they later regret, like spending sprees. And in over half of all manic episodes, people are troubled by delusions or hallucinations. For example, they may think they have a relationship with someone famous, claim to be an expert in an area they really know nothing about, feel paranoid (unusually fearful), or hear voices that are not there.

I've also noticed that at times, for no reason at all I feel extremely happy, and sad at other times. I've never hallucinated in any way, as far as I can tell. At times i tend to talk extremely fast. Also I've been able to stay up 24-30 hours at a time, with only getting 8-10 hours after that.

So that leads to my question, do you think that I may have Bipolar Disorder? Maybe someone on here has Bipolar Disorder, and can tell me if I may have it.

[partlink1]

I don't think you have it...

you get angry when you die, I throw my ps3 controller at the ground so hard that bounces above me (it landed on me once). it's called being a serious gamer

now to actually get to the bottom of this

does either your parents or grandparents have it?

bipolar is a genetic disorder

[Fool Of Doom]

I don't think you have it...

you get angry when you die, I throw my ps3 controller at the ground so hard that bounces above me (it landed on me once). it's called being a serious gamer

now to actually get to the bottom of this

does either your parents or grandparents have it?

bipolar is a genetic disorder

Well, I just talked to my mom about it, she says that she thinks that she may have it, yet she has never been tested for it.

That reminds me though, my uncle Ron was playing football on his PS2,and he got so pissed off when he lost, he picked up his PS2 and threw it at the wall.

[partlink1]

anger issues != bipolar disorder

if you find that your happy then while just walking down the street you suddenly get depressed, then you likely have it

I forget the specifics, but my sister took pills for it, i say took because apparently they make you feel horrible so she just stopped

but yeah, if you're concerned about it tell your mom to take you to see a therapist. (doctors are going to have a hard time diagnosing it)

[Katzyn]

My step mother is bi-polar, and I have a couple of friends who are bi-polar. Maybe you yourself are not bi-polar, but you picked up habits from family members who are? Or, maybe you are. No real way to know for sure, but to get tested. =/

[Fool Of Doom]

anger issues != bipolar disorder

if you find that your happy then while just walking down the street you suddenly get depressed, then you likely have it

I have been sitting down before, and just suddenly felt like crap.

My step mother is bi-polar, and I have a couple of friends who are bi-polar. Maybe you yourself are not bi-polar, but you picked up habits from family members who are? Or, maybe you are. No real way to know for sure, but to get tested. =/

How do they test these things?

[Katzyn]

Ya know...I'm not sure, I never asked. I just know my oldest step sister was recently diagnosed with bi-polar, and I assumed they had some sort of test, or something. *shrugs*

Look it up. =P

[Fool Of Doom]

Ya know...I'm not sure, I never asked. I just know my oldest step sister was recently diagnosed with bi-polar, and I assumed they had some sort of test, or something. *shrugs*

Look it up. =P

Well, I took a online test:
http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/bipolarquiz.htm

Though the test is meant for 18+, and I'm only 14, here were my results:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9259/bipolargo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Karin<3]

I got 35, the test is bullshit, like most of the online crap.

[Fool Of Doom]

I got 35, the test is bullshit, like most of the online crap.

Yeah, I can tell that the test views people as perfect, because most people have temper problems, though I doubt it means that they have Bipolar disorder, or anything of the sort.

Yet as Partlink said, it's hard to diagnose.

[Arty]

lol...

That test is stupid...

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Bipolar disorders can be very serious , i suggest you talk to someone close to you about it. Someone with actual knowledge of what it is -

Many people are diagnosed with disorders such as mainia are "spot off".

the ADHD and Bipolar disorders is to good of a excuse to let it slip by you... lol

[Katzyn]

Well, I don't know you very well, but I remember when -I- was 14, I had very similar fits. Either I was always depressed, or I was extremely happy. I would get mad at video games, people, and even my own pets, who I now treasure.

I know I'm not bi-polar. Maybe it's just part of being 14, aka "teenager"? Of course my problem was also associated with being a girl. >_<

Still, it would be best to get checked out by a professional.

[Karin<3]

Well, I don't know you very well, but I remember when -I- was 14, I had very similar fits. Either I was always depressed, or I was extremely happy. I would get mad at video games, people, and even my own pets, who I now treasure.

I know I'm not bi-polar. Maybe it's just part of being 14, aka "teenager"? Of course my problem was also associated with being a girl. >_<

Still, it would be best to get checked out by a professional.

Lol @ getting angry @ pets :p, I seriously don't understand how people can think of an animal without the sheer thought of skinning it alive and roasting it on a comfy camp fire and devouring it's baked flesh.

And no need for him to see a pro, getting angry @ videogames is not enough to get paranoid of being a bipolar freak.

[Dream Catcher]

I doubt you have it... usually people with Bi-polar "black out" and don't remember when they have their "attacks" or w/e

Either way, I'm sure you don't have bi-polar. You'd be bi-polar if you lover sushi and then the next day you cursed at everyone and hated sushi.

Also, these personality changes can last from days to moths (or so I've read somewhere)

[Karin<3]

I doubt you have it... usually people with Bi-polar "black out" and don't remember when they have their "attacks" or w/e

Either way, I'm sure you don't have bi-polar. You'd be bi-polar if you lover sushi and then the next day you cursed at everyone and hated sushi.

Also, these personality changes can last from days to moths (or so I've read somewhere)

nah, that would be a hypocrite

[Dream Catcher]

nah, that would be a hypocrite

No that would be bi-polar

[Karin<3]

No that would be bi-polar

No that would be in fact, a polar bear.

[Katzyn]

I doubt you have it... usually people with Bi-polar "black out" and don't remember when they have their "attacks" or w/e

Either way, I'm sure you don't have bi-polar. You'd be bi-polar if you lover sushi and then the next day you cursed at everyone and hated sushi.

Also, these personality changes can last from days to moths (or so I've read somewhere)

I think it can vary for different people, though. My mom doesn't black out, but she surely doesn't know when she's being irrational. >_> Then again, she's a mild bi-polar.

[Dream Catcher]

I think it can vary for different people, though. My mom doesn't black out, but she surely doesn't know when she's being irrational. >_> Then again, she's a mild bi-polar.

Maybe I should have mentioned that those are severe cases, but see, your mom already can't tell between rational and irrational because, maybe, to her "other half" or w/e, it's perfectly rational

[partlink1]

No that would be bi-polar
no it wouldn't that would be a change in taste buds and possibly the pleasure center of your brain, which you really might want to get checked out if it changes that fast

taste != emotion

[Karin<3]

no it wouldn't that would be a change in taste buds and possibly the pleasure center of your brain, which you really might want to get checked out if it changes that fast

taste != emotion

Or you can love the sushi but the next day call everyone that like sushi fags, but if your taste buds did not change that would be a hypocrite.

[Dream Catcher]

no it wouldn't that would be a change in taste buds and possibly the pleasure center of your brain, which you really might want to get checked out if it changes that fast

taste != emotion

how the hell do you get a change in taste buds? O_o dude....

[Katzyn]

Um, I guess I used to love tomatoes, but now I really hate them. =X That's what he means. =P

[Dream Catcher]

Um, I guess I used to love tomatoes, but now I really hate them. =X That's what he means. =P

I'm talking about sudden changes... you didn't stop liking tomatoes over night


please stop taking things word for word...

[Karin<3]

DC get an avatar please, you are scary avatar-less.

[Dream Catcher]

Can't... forum won't let me upload a pic

[partlink1]

Um, I guess I used to love tomatoes, but now I really hate them. =X That's what he means. =P
that's exactly what i mean, progressive change not a sudden change,

progressive is ok, sudden somethings wrong

[Katzyn]

I'm talking about sudden changes... you didn't stop liking tomatoes over night


please stop taking things word for word...

That's great. You said nothing about "sudden changes", you only asked about changing taste buds, so I told you.

Please stop trying to tell me not to do things I'm not doing anyway.

[Dream Catcher]

Okay, next time I'll be sure to include instructions...

[Karin<3]

Okay, next time I'll be sure to include instructions...

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[Fool Of Doom]

You silly children stop fighting, so help me I will take off my belt and beat you down.

Anyways, I haven't really gone through any changes is taste. I thought I did, because I used to gag whenever I ate lettuce when I was little, and I don't know, but then I just realized that I still hate the taste, but when I was younger, I used to hate it so much I'd try to swallow it whole.

[Karin<3]

You silly children stop fighting, so help me I will take off my belt and beat you down.

Anyways, I haven't really gone through any changes is taste. I thought I did, because I used to gag whenever I ate lettuce when I was little, and I don't know, but then I just realized that I still hate the taste, but when I was younger, I used to hate it so much I'd try to swallow it whole.

You are prob just paranoid and not Bi-polar, and since ur a growing boy ur prob gonna have lots of though change. And yes when u were younger, through progression your tastes easily change.

[Fool Of Doom]

You are prob just paranoid and not Bi-polar, and since ur a growing boy ur prob gonna have lots of though change. And yes when u were younger, through progression your tastes easily change.

Yeah probably.