At 6/24/08 06:36 PM, ParadoxSaint wrote:
At 6/24/08 06:10 PM, SgtButts wrote:
Are you nice and calm some days, and then flip-shit for no reason on other days? I had a teacher who was bi-polar... man, did I hate her class when she was in flip-shit mode!
Yeah, that's me. I'm not diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I've got it as I don't give a shit about anything somedays and then flip shit the next.
That's not Bi-Polar either, it's not one day you're angry and then the next you're blasé, that's just being an average moody teen. Bipolar disorder is when you go from a clinical depression, which can include crippling sadness, inability to socialize, overeating or a complete lack of appetite to a manic state where you might feel incredible, but you can't concentrate on anything, your mind goes into a hundred different directions, you take on enormous tasks at the drop of a hat, and you may spend all of your money on things you don't need.
I don't think anyone here needs to worry about Bipolar Disorder. A lot of high school kids think they do because they get sad occasionally and the next day they're happy. There's nothing unusual about that though. In fact, it's much more prevalent in adults than it is chidren.