wondering if I may have bipolar disorder
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wondering if I may have bipolar disorder
| Tue, 02-07-2006 - 9:23pm |
Hi, I lately have been reading up a lot on bipolar disorder and some of the things sound so similar to me. I've always believed I have ADD, always did poorly in school, could never concentrate,VERY short attention span, etc. Lately I've been extremely moody and irritable, I get down a lot too. I'm not depressed all the time but I do have days where I might say over a few times, I don't want to be here anymore. So I do get feeling pretty low at times, then the next day I could be feeling great/really high depending on what's going on in my day. I've always been an extremely moody person and very quick to anger too, my entire life. So, lately I just started to read more about bipolar disorder and I'm wondering if I could at least have a mild form of this disorder. I don't have the very extreme highs that some experience(never done any crazy spending, etc.) but I do get days when I'm on a "high" can't stop doing things and just feel great and talk a lot too and my mind is racing with thoughts and don't need much sleep or can't sleep too restless, etc. Then as I said I get them real "low" days too. Now, I am 37 years old so I guess it could be a lot of different things going on at this time in my life. I've also always had such a hard time when things get tough in my life, I can't handle problems at at all, I get all bent out of shape over the littlest things when most of those things never seem to bother other people. Now my bf is just wonderful and puts up with me and so much stress at his job and he just handles it so good. I on the other hand just crumble. I would appreciate any advice or thoughts anyone may have on my story. I've been pretty down lately and just struggling a lot with myself.

Hello and welcome! I'm not a psychiatrist, obviously, but it sounds to me a bit more like Bipolar AND ADD. Its entirely possible that one is co-morbid with the other. There are others here, like me, who are both...hopefully, they will post to you too...they know more about the ADD side than I do! As for Bipolar, well...I can only suggest that you get to a psych and do a complete evaluation and get on meds. It can be treated successfully, and you can have a more stable life. I'm really glad you found our board. Its a WONDERFUL support group! My only support, and has saved my life many times. I can really relate to you when you said that you say I don't wanna be here anymore. I think maybe we all can at some point or another.
Did you know that there is a form of Bipolar, Bipolar II, in which there are more mild "highs" and mostly lows? Read up on it.
If you have any questions, or just want to talk, please post! We're here for you!!!
Hugs,
Keli
It certainly sounds possible and lots of BP folks also have ADD/ADHD, but they can also mimic each other in some ways.
Hi and Welcome.
I could have written your post word for word.
I am also ADD, and like the op said, they do have very simularities and they can run co-morbid.
While I do not have a formal dx of bp w/add, a mood stabilizer works pretty well for me.
God could not be everywhere, so