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Confused about whats going on with me!!!
| Wed, 10-04-2006 - 4:48pm |
Hey Guys,
I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I will give you a quick background on me: I am 22, female and have ADHD. I have been depressed basically my whole life but this past April something weird happened to me. For ONE DAY, I felt hypomanic. So full of energy, heart beating fast, extremely happy, just weird to me since I had never experienced that. Then it went away. 2 Weeks later it came back for about 10 days. I could barely sleep and I refused to drive because it seemed dangerous to me since I was so 'out of it'. Also, I had some paranoia and minor hallucinations like that when I was standing somewhere, everyone that passed me was staring at me and could hear what I was thinking. I kind of feel like a bonehead asking this question but the psychiatrist I saw was NO help at all. Anyways after this 10 day episode in April it has never ever come back. I still have depression but not really severe. So basically what I want to know is this: How do I know if I have Bipolar Disorder or if it was a one time hypomanic episode that wont come back? I heard sometimes it can happen once and never return. But then again there are people out there who only get hypomanic or manic once a year or every less often. Please help?! TIA.
I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I will give you a quick background on me: I am 22, female and have ADHD. I have been depressed basically my whole life but this past April something weird happened to me. For ONE DAY, I felt hypomanic. So full of energy, heart beating fast, extremely happy, just weird to me since I had never experienced that. Then it went away. 2 Weeks later it came back for about 10 days. I could barely sleep and I refused to drive because it seemed dangerous to me since I was so 'out of it'. Also, I had some paranoia and minor hallucinations like that when I was standing somewhere, everyone that passed me was staring at me and could hear what I was thinking. I kind of feel like a bonehead asking this question but the psychiatrist I saw was NO help at all. Anyways after this 10 day episode in April it has never ever come back. I still have depression but not really severe. So basically what I want to know is this: How do I know if I have Bipolar Disorder or if it was a one time hypomanic episode that wont come back? I heard sometimes it can happen once and never return. But then again there are people out there who only get hypomanic or manic once a year or every less often. Please help?! TIA.

Sheesh. Some pdocs are really boneheads. It does sound like you had a manic episode, and bravo to you for trying to take care of it (not drive, etc.) I have heard little about one-time manic episodes, but I guess they could happen. Far more often a manic episode means bp disorder. I'd say to go out and talk to other pdocs til you get answers! If you are bp, you don't want to be untreated for long. Many bad things can happen there.
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Beth "Petrouchka"