Cant be bipolar can it?

[Anonymous]

My sister has had a lot of emotional problems all her life. she was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder as a child. we both think this diagnosis was wrong. at 15 she was told she had major depression and put on wellbutril and eventually trazodone as well. she was on them for about 3 years and was taking the highest dosage possible so they put her on celexa which sucked for her. they were going to put her on abilify but she stopped taking her medicine. she's a naturally sweet person but off meds she can be like the incredible hulk screaming and breaking things. shs broken dishes remotes even a csr windshield in anger- not always warranted just trivial things. other times she's just happy dancing and singing constantly laughing making jokes. she sometimes doesn't want tp gp to bed and would rather dance and sing or something. people with bipolar can go 4 hours of sleep and be fine. that doesn't fit her. then of course there's times when she has to drag herself out of bed to work and just moves so slow and cries so easily. her sophomore year of college she got so depressed she stopped getting out of bed for class and writing crap papers just to have something to turn in. she wasn't medicated at the time. she's 22 now and her current psychiatrist has stated she shows symptoms of bipolar (our mom is bipolar and our sister was too). Her good moods don't last weeks or months either- hours days a week yea. has anyone ever experienced this before. it makes living with her difficult and she's lost a lot of friends because of her mood swings.

[ironeddie]

She is most definitely bipolar. Therapy can help but she really should be on a medication, to help with the mood swings. I was diagnosed with BPD and depression about 30 years ago. Been on meds for about 20 yrs, and seeing a psychiatrist for 3 yrs

I've had various medications over the years. I've currently got a good combination. In 2013 I was off work (drs. orders) for 6 months as my medication needed to be changed. And I had all kinds of brutal reactions to the ones they tried. 5 different meds in the 6 months.

I know when my medication needs changing or a dosage increase. I have a very, very short fuse. I end up yelling and cursing, sometimes at people if the stupidest little thing happens. If I'm in that agitated mood and drop a pencil. Run. Run far and run fast. Because I will explode.



My high (manic) periods usually last 10-14 days at a time. I can go through this only eating once every 2 or 3 days. And 5 - 6 days without sleeping. Literally. When I do "crash" it's for about 5 hours, then it's back to no sleep for days.

I know exactly what you're talking about. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.