Is there any way to self-test for bipolar disorder?

It was suggested to me by a friend that I could be bipolar, but I’d rather not go to a specialist because I don’t like making a big deal out of these things, and honestly it just doesn’t make sense in my head that I’d have something like that.

I suppose there are times I feel manic. My thoughts race, I can’t stay still for more than a minute, I get an urge to leave the room and go somewhere else only to return again straight after I’ve left… and then sometimes I feel so crushingly low it verges on suicidal. The latter happens quite often… everything seems really pointless; even my (beloved) girlfriend just completely disappears, and I want to sleep forever. Next day I could be totally content.

Is there medication for bipolar dogs?

My dog is sweet but aggressive.You can be petting him and he can just turn around and bite you. And he will attack any stranger that comes into the house [as well as the possibility of biting any of the family members.
He is very small [chihuahua/daschund mix] but has a big bite.
we are starting to think he is bipolar or has some other sort of problem. is there medication for this kind of stuff? or a solution?
and the reason for me asking is

the last thing i ever want to do is euthanize him!

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Is there any scientific research or proof that disorders like bipolar and mental illnesses are connected to people with higher (or lower) IQ?

symbyax is a combination of fluoxetine (prozac) and olanzapine (zyprexa) that works wonders but has the unfortunate side effect of inducing significant weight gain (that’s the zyprexa), a prohibitive factor in those already overweight for whom it represents a serious medical concern in it’s own right. does anyone know of a similarly-acting med that is weight neutral? the prozac by itself does not help. thanks!

We’ve just been diagnosed at 18 weeks pregnant the baby has spina bifida. My wife continues to lie to the doctors about the severity of her behaviors/bipolar. She causes fights everyday at home. Life is totally unbearable. Now we find out she’s pregnant. I explained to the doctors she is getting worse, with symptoms of when she was baker acted last year, (3 times, twice suicide attempts). She insists on having this baby, even though she is totally afraid of the spina bifida diagnosis. I try to get support people to talk with her, but she immediately finds the problems and rages at me about them. She refuses to go to bipolar support meetings, saying she is being fingered out by everyone. She has gone so far as to say I created this and am using the bipolar diagnosis as an excuse to control her. I don’t know what to do. How are we going to have this baby born with her so out of control?

My ex has bi polar disorder and will not admit it to himself and will not seek treatment. As a result, I don’t want him around at all and that makes it very hard on me raising our daughter on my own. Also he doesn’t pay child support and I resent that. Is there anything I can do to force him to seek treatment?

Mostly around the high desert for me because my son is bipolar, and i would liek to learn how to deal with bipolar adult children. I live in Hesperia.

We are just curious…my husband is bipolar…but terrified of medications…after several allergic reactions…and my kids dad is saying that there is a law out there….

I have both and live in slinger wisconsin. I am also having trouble with both currently. I need current studies and pay for my time. Thank you. I am a 29 year old female, obese, and have quit smoking 3.5 years ago.I have twin boys who were born 12 weeks early due to the pcos and paxil.

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