My sister is bipolar she is in her 50′s and she has been taking Lithium for years and smoking Pot and she was an alcoholic for 23 years then quit and has been back to drinking very heavy again for the last she says 2 years she went into recovery 28 days ago and they have stated at the recovery center that she is disrupting the meetings and talking crazy and dilusional. she does not make any sense and is combative and aggressive. Her 28 days are over today 09/01/06 but she has done absolutely nothing that was required of her in Rehab and has done nothing but hinder everyone elses progress.She argues everything and is very loud and when she talks she is making absolutely no sense at all When she was taking the Lithium she was not going to the doctor for regular blood tests she would just take it and get so high. we could not even understand her when she talked she would come over and spend the whole time on the toilet with Diarrhea and right before she went into rehab she was throwing up

Im 16, and have really bad mood swings. I don’t know if its because im a teenager or what!? Just wondered if anyone had any ideas on how I could tell the difference.
I go from suicidal thoughts, self harm and deep despair and depression and about 1/2 weeks later Ill be so happy its unbelievable, dancing along the street singing to strangers and feeling like life cant get better, then it goes back to what I said before after 2 weeks.
Any ideas?

Over the years my aunt has gotten crazier and crazier. She will say and do anything that prevents germs from living. She has a son age 2 who is basically the boy in the bubble. My daughter & her cousin are exactly 6 months apart to the date. They are very close and go to the same babysitter (my mom). My aunt is constantly accusing my daughter of hurting her son and most things i let go because they are kids and kids will fight. BUT yesterday she accused my 1 1/2 year old babygirl of molesting her son. I can’t believe this & as a parent i immediatley said i want them seperated from now on. Not because of them but because i dont kno how bad she is going to get. because so far her accusations are only getting more bazaar. I had to as my daughter what a pepe is, where it is, etc. SHE HAD NO CLUE WAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. and being that my daughter is smarter with a larger vocab then bubble boy i found it unlikely that he formed a sentence to tell his mother this.

When you read a description of Bipolar Disorder, Type II, it reads remarkably like the human condition. It sounds more or less like a personality type, not a pathology. And what counts as a ‘hypomanic’ episode, anyway? A good day? It seems so arbitrary and subjective to me.
I once had a therapist who told me that mood swings and bipolar II are the same thing. I think too many shrinks are just overpaid hacks spouting unscientific garbage.

Symbyax worked wonders for me other than the 40 + weight gain. Been off of it for 6 months and haven’t felt like I needed anything to cope til recently when my symptoms started to creep back. I know how bad it can be if left untreated and have made the decision to take something again but also do not want to be unhealthy and overweight… Does it have to be one way or the other? Any suggestions will be helpful, Thanks!