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

What’s the difference between schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type and bipolar disorder w/psychotic features?
Diagnosing is hard :p
You guys are probably way better at it than me.
Everyone got their DSM-IV-TR out? Okay, what’ve you got?

im 16 and a guy. and sometimes i have changes in mood amd i cant tell if its bipolar or just teenage mood swings

My boyfriend is the one who needs the name of this medication because i’m researching the side effects and such for him. I would very thankful to anyone who knows the name of the medication, I’d like to try to have any info before the morning.

Im making a research paper that is on bipolar for the reason that i have been dating a guy that i love and he is bipolar but isnt and doesnt want to get on medication what would be different if he was on medication versus the fact that he isnt.

or are they the same lol
interesting