I’m bipolar disorder type I. as I get older will the episodes become less. right now my episodes occur about 5 years apart.

and can one live with these illnesses w/o therapy?

Depression is prolonged sandness or unexplained crying spells, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, irriability, anger, agitation, worry, anxitey, pessimsim, indifference, loss of energy, persistent lethargy, unexplained aches and pains, feeling of guilt, worthlessnes and/or hopleness, inability to take pleasure in former interests, social withdrawal, excessive consumption of alcohol or use of chemical substances and recurring thoughts of death or suicide.

Bipolar – Increased physcial and mental activity and energy, heightened mood, exaggerated optimism and self-confidence, excessive irriability, aggressive behavior, decreased need for sleep with out experiencing fatigue, grandiose delusions, inflated sense of self-importance, racing speech, racing thoughts, flight of ideas, impulsiveness, poor judgement, distractibilty, reckless behavior such as spending sprees, rash business decisions, erratic driving and sexual indiscretions, and most severe cases, delusions and hallucination

My husband says that they are different. I say they’re the same.

Is there any relation between personality type and bipolar disorder? Is a person with a particular personality type has higher possibility to pick up bipolar than others with other personality types? If so, what is the chance for INFPs to develop bipolar? Thank you!

also, whats the dif. between bipolar and bipolar type 2?

hello! i was diagnosed as bipolar when i was 12 and about a year ago i was hospitalized after a traumatic event. a doctor i only met with for five minutes told me i wasn’t really bipolar, that i was actually bipolar but you can’t diagnose anyone under 18. so i was just wondering the difference and how you can tell which is appropriate. i mean the most common physch misdiagnosis is mistaking schitzophrenia for manic depression so its possible, at the same time i respond to medication and dont respond to group therapy, instead i get along better with “authority”.

thank you for the obvious

bipolar as far as i can tell may be a spectrum disorder far beyond the scope of types I, II and cyclothymia. the nos type to me seems to have different sub-categorizations. it seems like the only bipolar type that can involve psychosis is bipolar I. but also possibly NOS? is this true? if so, what are the differences if any between the two?