How do you know if someone has bipolar disorder?

[Anonymous]

What are the signs? Or type 1 and 2? How do you know if it isn’t overlapped with autism?

[exitseven]

I dated somebody that may have been bipolar. Most of the time she was nice and was fun to be with. Every few weeks she would go off the rails. Sometimes she would get drunk and abuse me. She would say the most horrible things to me and once she bit me so hard I still have the scar. Then she would sort of forget about it.

[Asker]

Could hyper sexuality and poor judgment be part of bipolar of some people?

[exitseven]

I do not know. she got in a car accident one night and I talked her into seeing a shrink. a few days later she changed her mind. Then she would not answer my calls. She moved out of where she was living and supposedly they did not know where she went. I never heard from her again.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Iron_Man]

If you have known somebody for a while, it’s not hard to figure out the way they are. I think I have a friend that’s like that. But he is undiagnosed

[Asker]

How is he like?

[Iron_Man]

Very wishy-washy comes and goes gets lost for a year and comes back. Can’t make his mind up he can be very friendly than cold at times and very moody it’s been going on for so many years with this guy. He’s lucky I put up with it.

[Mariogirl09]

Yes hypersexual and poor judgement are symptoms of mania love

[Asker]

Ok thank you for your help! What is the treatment for it?

[Asker]

What medication and therapy helps?

[Mariogirl09]

Lithium is the best for bipolar disorder

[Asker]

What if you are bipolar 2? The less severe kind then what is the treatment and medication?

[Mariogirl09]

Im not exactly sure

[TonyMetal___86]

Changing moods rapidly, being very happy pr very sad for no specific reason... etc

[Asker]

What about hyper sexuality and poor judgment during mania?

[TonyMetal___86]

Don't know if bipolar disorder has such symptoms...

[Asker]

What is it then?

[TonyMetal___86]

Already told you what are it's general symptoms 🤷🏻‍♂️

[NathanDavis]

after they get not one, but two... diagnoses, since it is bipolar

[msc545]

You ask somebody that's qualified to diagnose it, and you don't play amateur psychiatrist or psychologist.

[jahaims]

A medical professional diagnoses it

[Asker]

What if one doctor says I’m bipolar one doctor says I’m not?