weebananas
January 11th, 2009, 01:47 AM
I've thought I might be bipolar/depressed or something, but I've never been sure. Anyway, I looked at the symptoms, and...
The manic symptoms include:
Severe changes in mood compared to others of the same age and background - either unusually happy or silly, or very irritable : It changes a lot throughout the day. It normally depends on the people I'm around, and where I am. I'm usually quiet, but if peopel start talking to me, I'll talk a looot.
Unrealistic highs in self-esteem - for example, a teenager who feels specially connected to God : I tend to feel I'm smarter than everyone else all the time, and I often make up my own philosophies and theories on how things work. I feel like the grades you get in school don't show how smat you are, just motivation and such. I get bad grades, and think I'm smart. Not that I'm smart, but I feel I think differently and more advanced than my peers. This part is a definite. Not just a yes, but a definite. This thinking highly of myself is what keeps me going oftentimes.
Great energy increase and the ability to go with little or no sleep for days without feeling tired : I actually get tired very, very easily. In fact, I'm almost always tired.
Increased talking - the adolescent talks too much, too fast, changes topics too quickly, and cannot be interrupted : Yup. I don't really talk too much, but if you get me started, I will talk waaay too much.
Distractibility - the teen's attention moves constantly from one thing to the next : Yuuuup.
High risk-taking behavior, such as jumping off a roof with the belief that this will not cause injury : No, I'm actually very careful wen it comes to things like this.
The depressive symptoms include:
Persistent sadness, frequent crying, depression : I don't cry a lot, but I often think pessimistically.
Loss of enjoyment in favorite activities : Yeah... I used to be pretty popular and hyper in school, now I sit alone at lunch and dont exactly have any BEST friends.
Frequent complaints of physical illnesses such as headaches or stomach aches - Yup. Also, I'm not sure what this is, but... I often get very dizzy and my legs get weak if I stand up after sitting down for a while. My visin also gets bad. It lasts for 5-10 seconds after I get up. This has been happening for about a year. When I went in to the doctor's, he asked me if I ever felt depressed or anxious. I told him I didn't... But that was only because my mom was in there.
Low energy level, poor concentration, complaints of boredom - All three of those, definitely. Especially low energy.
Major change in eating or sleeping patterns, such as oversleeping or overeating - Yeah... D: I eat way too much, and sleep quite a lot. I'm not overweght, though.
The manic symptoms include:
Severe changes in mood compared to others of the same age and background - either unusually happy or silly, or very irritable : It changes a lot throughout the day. It normally depends on the people I'm around, and where I am. I'm usually quiet, but if peopel start talking to me, I'll talk a looot.
Unrealistic highs in self-esteem - for example, a teenager who feels specially connected to God : I tend to feel I'm smarter than everyone else all the time, and I often make up my own philosophies and theories on how things work. I feel like the grades you get in school don't show how smat you are, just motivation and such. I get bad grades, and think I'm smart. Not that I'm smart, but I feel I think differently and more advanced than my peers. This part is a definite. Not just a yes, but a definite. This thinking highly of myself is what keeps me going oftentimes.
Great energy increase and the ability to go with little or no sleep for days without feeling tired : I actually get tired very, very easily. In fact, I'm almost always tired.
Increased talking - the adolescent talks too much, too fast, changes topics too quickly, and cannot be interrupted : Yup. I don't really talk too much, but if you get me started, I will talk waaay too much.
Distractibility - the teen's attention moves constantly from one thing to the next : Yuuuup.
High risk-taking behavior, such as jumping off a roof with the belief that this will not cause injury : No, I'm actually very careful wen it comes to things like this.
The depressive symptoms include:
Persistent sadness, frequent crying, depression : I don't cry a lot, but I often think pessimistically.
Loss of enjoyment in favorite activities : Yeah... I used to be pretty popular and hyper in school, now I sit alone at lunch and dont exactly have any BEST friends.
Frequent complaints of physical illnesses such as headaches or stomach aches - Yup. Also, I'm not sure what this is, but... I often get very dizzy and my legs get weak if I stand up after sitting down for a while. My visin also gets bad. It lasts for 5-10 seconds after I get up. This has been happening for about a year. When I went in to the doctor's, he asked me if I ever felt depressed or anxious. I told him I didn't... But that was only because my mom was in there.
Low energy level, poor concentration, complaints of boredom - All three of those, definitely. Especially low energy.
Major change in eating or sleeping patterns, such as oversleeping or overeating - Yeah... D: I eat way too much, and sleep quite a lot. I'm not overweght, though.