I mean I have 7/10 of the symptoms and I took some test online saying I have severe bipolar. But how can the doctor tell…?

I have been dating a man with 2 children(ages 3 and 9) for almost 3 years. Over this 3 years I have helped him thru addiction and recovery. He has also been diagnosed bipolar and is being treated with medication. Early in the relationship he was secretly talking to other women. But I after he got on the road to recovery(about a year and a half ago) and started taking meds I thought that was all behind him. I have found out that he has joined match.com and other personals websites as recently as September. I have had enough eventhough I love him still. I travel alot with my job so the kids see me come and go…but what do I tell them now that I am not coming back? I am the most stable person in their lives(this includes their own family) so it really pains me to leave them. Any experience with this or advice?

So, for the past 5 years I have been suffering from bipolar disorder. I know what the disorder is, but it never crossed my mind as me having it. Sorta of like in denial that im not bipolar.

So the doctor gives me a bunch of medicine and i get slightly stable now.

Basically i first went to this doctor 5 months ago. There he talked to me and decided to put me on pills to help me concentrate and slow down my fast thinking. So I told him I might have ADHD, and he agreed.

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I was just diagnosed of Bipolar Disorder yesterday by a psychiatrist. I don’t know if i should tell my family and friends about it. I don’t want to be an object of pity and they would see me as a different person now if i tell them :S
What do you think?

My Grandmother is Bipolar, and I have every reason to believe that my mother also is. I’m worried for my own sake, and I really hope that I didn’t inherit Bipolar disorder too. My father’s side of the family has no history of Bipolar disorder at all.

I have been in a relationship with a guy i love who my family hate! He has bipolar so they think he will end up killing me or that i can do better. So we have been seeing each other in secret for about 7 years. We are really close but argue a lot….due to his illness and maybe my constant nagging i.e. tv on standby crumbs on the counter the ususal stuff. We have split up but i do not feel that it is the right descision, i want him to be in my future but i know i have to tell my family, but im scared it wont work out, people dont really understand the illness so its hard to talk to others. My family are not even generally supportive of me now and they don’t know how they will be if they know.

What do you think?

When you have this desease you dont want to eat, to sleep or to read you only want to talk or to buy things or to make call phone and you spend so much money in medical drugs, i mean pills medicated by the doctor, the specialist in this case is the phsyquiatric doctor, is a organic and hereditary disease, so finally after a lot of time searching job i finally found a good one.. but i am worried because there is a probability to leave the job if i continue feeling bad, please if you know someone in a similar case write me an email as soon as possible, i am married with one boy i am secretary and i need the money that i can get with a job.

I just had an appointment with my dr. today about mood swings. She asked me some questions about them and judging by my answers, she gave me an Rx for Paxil and suggested I make an appointment with a Psychiatrist (sp?) to test for bipolar. I’ve searched the web on bipolar disorder and found that I do have alot of the symptoms. My only problem is telling my boyfriend about it. I feel that he will think I’m using that as an excuse for “being moody” and angry. I’m very nervous about it…I don’t know how he will react or if he will understand. We have been together for over two years.

I have a friend that I think is bipolar but I want to make sure before I say anything.