So I’m 17 and, after examining the symptoms and a few long talks with my bipolar friend, I’m almost positive I have the disorder. I really feel like I need to get help, but can’t bring myself to talk to my family. Is there any way I can get treatment without letting them know?

My cousin has been diagnosed. She lays in bed all day, up all night on the computer. She gets on a chat room and harrasses the crap out of people when they kicked her off she tried to call the FBI, she doesn’t bathe. She is really mean to her mom, she’s been in a pscyh hospital before, she can’t hold a job. Any experience with meds or other help?

Our son has bipolar disorder. He is now an adult and doing much better but I still worry about him all the time. I am afraid his wife will push him too hard and he will go over the edge.

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Can you be diagnosed with bipolar disorder without having to go to a shrink? It sounds crazy, but my health insurance doesn’t cover mental health. I have wanted to talk to my doctor about it for a while, but I have been afraid that she will refer me to a mental health specialist. I am not suicidal or anything, but I have a family history of manic depression and am worried that I am showing signs.

I just want to know what its like having a bipolar family member or friend because my parents keep telling me that its really hard.. and I can be hurtful sometimes even with medicine
what do u mean Joe F?

Ok, I interviewed a bunch of people alive on my dads side and moms side of the family.

Basically I talked to about 30 family members over the course of the year, and all seem to have severe OCD or atleast one or more anixety disorders.

NOT ONE is bipolar, and I feel really unlucky im the only one in the entire family that is bipolar.

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not, “BIPOLAR” but they drive me nuts. If a persons is bipolar, does that mean they can’t spell well? And how can I become more selfish? I’m being used to death.

My family is afraid of me and I don’t know what to do.

My mother was and ended up committing suicide. I don’t know if I am or if I’m just having depression as a cause of this or if it is bipolar. Is there anything I can do to ensure I don’t get it? What are the chances of my son having it? His father also had mental instabilities.

I can’t take it anymore everything I say triggers an episode and I get hurt in the process and i just can’t reason with them, they make it feel like i’m the one with a problem then later they pretend nothing happened and they like to point out my bad features and my faults its soo hurtful
i got kicked out of my hosue 2 times for very stupid reasons that weren’t my fault, then later I GOT IN TROUBLE.
im pretty sure talking to that person would result in more anger, so i just need ways to calm them down and ignore them when they are being mad and yelling. they used to take meds but they stopped and definitely wont stop again just beucase i tell them to.

any helpful comments are appreciated, thanks (: