I asked this question to the Psych Central page, but want input. Could I be bi-polar, please read below.
I am wonder if I may be bi-polar. All my life that I can remember I have always had anger problems, but not at one thing. Little stuff would set me off in a fit of rage, my family just wrote if off as me being just a teenager. Also I was never good in school, I was never interested in, and what I was interested in I would just normally forget. I always wanted to be alone, I don't ever feel comfortable in a group setting. I am now living with my girlfriend and she has noticed some of these these and brought them to my attention. Such as I get real hyper and seem real happy, talking fast and super excited, than for no reason, I get mad, angry, restless. And it seems to go on like that for weeks at a time. I have constant thoughts that people are out for me, not to kill me, but they want to see me fail, and thoughts that people are stealing from me. I always swear I hear a phone thats on vibrate, going off, and I just had my hearing checked and it was great. I enjoy being in physical pain, but I do not inflict it apon myself. I have morbid thoughts about death. Don't get me wrong, I would never kill myself or kill/hurt anyone. I do however wonder what it would be like to watch someone who is hurt suffer. Or what the feeling of a bullet going thought my head would feel like, or hitting the rocks at the base of a cliff. I also have eating problems sometime. I am not over weight, but I do like to eat, and sometimes for a day or two I don't want food. Some nights I don't want to sleep, I don't feel like I need it. Sometimes I have an easy day, at work, not hard mentally or physically and all I can think about is sleep. But when I do sleep I sleep good, I hardly wake up, and when I do I have no problem going back to sleep. I just would like to know if it sounds like I have a mental disorder and whom I seek help with?
I am wonder if I may be bi-polar. All my life that I can remember I have always had anger problems, but not at one thing. Little stuff would set me off in a fit of rage, my family just wrote if off as me being just a teenager. Also I was never good in school, I was never interested in, and what I was interested in I would just normally forget. I always wanted to be alone, I don't ever feel comfortable in a group setting. I am now living with my girlfriend and she has noticed some of these these and brought them to my attention. Such as I get real hyper and seem real happy, talking fast and super excited, than for no reason, I get mad, angry, restless. And it seems to go on like that for weeks at a time. I have constant thoughts that people are out for me, not to kill me, but they want to see me fail, and thoughts that people are stealing from me. I always swear I hear a phone thats on vibrate, going off, and I just had my hearing checked and it was great. I enjoy being in physical pain, but I do not inflict it apon myself. I have morbid thoughts about death. Don't get me wrong, I would never kill myself or kill/hurt anyone. I do however wonder what it would be like to watch someone who is hurt suffer. Or what the feeling of a bullet going thought my head would feel like, or hitting the rocks at the base of a cliff. I also have eating problems sometime. I am not over weight, but I do like to eat, and sometimes for a day or two I don't want food. Some nights I don't want to sleep, I don't feel like I need it. Sometimes I have an easy day, at work, not hard mentally or physically and all I can think about is sleep. But when I do sleep I sleep good, I hardly wake up, and when I do I have no problem going back to sleep. I just would like to know if it sounds like I have a mental disorder and whom I seek help with?
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Yes, please do follow up on this, as not having a good sleep pattern alone can alter your physical body and cause harm over the long run.
Have you tried taking any of the online self-inventories for bipolar disorder? If you do, and it shows that you might have it, you can also take that with you to the MD, to help him/her help you better.
Take car
drjean
Well, you could definitely be.
Have you checked out this stuff at PC:
http://psychcentral.com/personality/
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/
To seek help, you would have to discuss this with a MD or GP (medical doctor/general practitioner), and they may run some tests on you first to see if its something that is physical.
AND/OR
You can also look for therapists/psychotherapists/psychologists in your local phone book and see who can help you.
You would need to discuss your issues with them a bit, and see if they could treat you.
Best,
Clyde